Aucklands green and pleasant land
Mon 17 Nov: Audkland is known as the City of Sails, and there certainly are a lot of boats. Although we were walking along the waterfront, so perhaps that’s not surprising. There’s quite a lot of reference to the America’s Cup, and a nice maritime museum. There’s also an Irish pub which we were forced to drink beer in while sheltering from the rain. We wandered around part of the business district before going up the Sky Tower to get an overview of the city. At 328 metres high, it is apparently the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere, and you do get a good view from there, even on a dull, rainy day.
We had dinner with Greg (a former SCDC member), and his family. He’s married to a Taiwanese Kiwi and they have a 1 year old son. It was a good evening, washed down with New Zealand beer and red wine.
