We dropped off my bags at the apartment after a short ride in their van. Then we went out to watch the final game of the rugby Tri-Nation Tournament. It was New Zealand's All Blacks vs Australia's team. The first half was pretty good (NZ12 AUS9) but NZ ended up winning something like 25-12. I tried some local beer and it was alright. I met some of Josh and Beth's friends there. Then Josh, Beth and I went to a nice restaurant called Beefeaters where Josh and I each had a 21-day chiller aged steak and Beth had a mighty fine pepper steak.
Josh and Beth are out snowboarding now, and I'm catching you all up. I got my pictures off loaded from my camera, so I'll give you a brief phototour of my last few days. Sorry for the quality; it seems the pictures got downgraded during upload as they're nicer looking on the HD than the photoserver. Also, you might notice the blog has been reformatted to accommodate the girth of the pictures.
This was part of the Auckland ferry building across from my bus stop:
My next stop for more than a couple minutes was in Rotorua. Instead of shuffleboard, old people play balls/bowling. It sounds a bit like curling on grass. This is a balls court:
I stayed in Wellington and took the ferry over to Picton. This is on the ferry with Wellington in the background:
I bussed down to CHCH and stayed at Base Backpackers on Cathedral Square opposite this cathedral:
This is about all I saw for three days:
We were bussing down past Lake Tekapo and I snapped this:
.There's some window glare - my circular polarizer can only do so much. That black spot isn't a good; in the full size picture you can see it's a bird soaring over the waters. I'm not sure what the building is, but we stopped and I got out and took some more pictures of it.
Driving through the mountains to Queenstown was rather cold - still is actually. It was weird driving *through* clouds:
NZ is home to a lot of wineries and good wine, and I think the area around Queenstown has a large concentration of them. I plan to do some sampling while I'm here:
2 comments:
Love the pictures! I wish I was there! It looks verrrry cold though. I will send you warm socks. I love you.
FINALLY!!!!! I'm FINALLY on the internet!!! Actually, I'm on Aunt Louise's laptop at Perkins at the Lakes. I've been wanting to check your site every single day--every single hour! But it just didn't work out. I love hearing the details, AND your photos are better than you claim! That first one of the clock is really cool in its content. Good eye for the unique, Gunder! And the later photos with the frost and then the snow are so . . . so . . . so NOT what we're experiencing here! (The RAGBRAI riders are experiencing good ol' high Iowa temps and humidity!) Better sign off for now, as I don't know how long before AL needs to go. (She's not here right now; she left for a bit with a friend and left me with the laptop. Yay! :-)) If I don't comment again for awhile, it's not for lack of interest!!!!! :-) Stay warm! XOXOXOX
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