Well, we had another wonderful day in Auckland. We took a drive over to the North Head area on the other side of the bay. Visited a neat little area called Devonport, cute shops and art galleries, it reminded us a lot of Alki. We then drove up to the top of North Head, an old military gun post, that afforded some amazing views of the entire area including downtown Auckland. Felt almost like we were over on Bainbridge looking back at Seattle, except everything was backwards, the tower was to the right, and the port/industrial area was to the left, very freaky.
We then came back to the city and walked around town, ending up in an area called Viaduct Basin. This is a newer part of town that was originally built to host the America's Cup challenge in 1999-2000 and 2002-'03. Very swank part of town with lots of restaurants and condos looking over the bay. It sort of felt like walking around Kirkland. We got to see an old America's cup yacht from 1988, as well as some modern day yachts, the NZL 40 and NZL 41. If you like, you can ride on the 40 or 41, they even let you take part in running the sails and such if you are interested, or you can just sit back and enjoy the ride. Looked like a lot of fun, but we just didn't have the time.
One reason we had to go was to meet up with our friend Jaymie who just happens to be visiting NZ the same time we are (what a coincidence, huh?). She is here visiting the family of an exchange student her family hosted several years ago, and who is getting married. So she's even down here for similar reasons to ours. Anyway, we met up for dinner and drinks and generally compared all the differences we have noticed between NZ and the good ol' US of A. Lots of fun. Sorry we don't have any photos for you today, we'll post them next time.
Now we are getting ready to head out to Rotorua, land of geysers, hot springs and something called a Zorb. We'll tell you all about it next time we get to a computer. Hope all is well back home and in Australia. Cheers mates.
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Sweet! Try to take some video while you Zorb. I've always wanted to try it. Maybe we can setup a Seattle chapter.
Hey, I've been wondering for awhile now...how come your name is misspelled in both the URL and the header, yet differently misspelled (Zisssermanns, Zissermans)? Was this intentional?
Enjoy the rest of your trip and keep the updates coming for those of us stuck in a cube 40+ hours per week. I know I'm living vicariously through your guy's fun.
Adrian,
In response to your spelling question...I am just an idiot. There are just too many letters in my new name and I struggle sometimes! :)
Katie
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