YhdysvallatCaliforniaSan Mateo CountyMillbraeSan Francisco International Airport37°37’17” N 122°22’44” W
10. joulukuuta 2013, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I travelled by bus from Cambridge to Auckland, where I stayed in a hostel near the Sky Tower, and went out for dinner with an old high school friend.
Maybe it was something in that dinner, or perhapsLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWaikatoWaipa DistrictLeamingtonLake Te Ko Utu37°53’28” S 175°28’2” E
Uusi SeelantiManawatu-WanganuiRuapehu DistrictOhakuneMangateitei39°25’5” S 175°23’55” E
6. joulukuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The Northern Explorer is a scenic train trip that travels from Wellington up to Auckland. I went as far as Te Rapa, the station for Hamilton, where my brother and sister-in-law came to pick me up as ILue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’11” S 174°46’35” E 5. joulukuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The day before I was to leave Wellington to return (eventually) to Oakland, CA, who should I see in the street but a Raiders supporter!
But before I left, I had some final catching up to do withLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonWellington CityPipitea41°16’23” S 174°47’9” E
20. marraskuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The Cake Tin is the name of a sports stadium that was built in the late '90s in Wellington. It hosts all manner of events besides sports, but the main sport played there is NZ's national game, rugby.Lue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonWellington CitySeatoun HeightsWorser Bay41°18’21” S 174°49’25” E
17. marraskuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
When we got back to Wellngton, my niece and her husband took me to visit the Weta Workshop and to the Te Papa National Museum.
You can go on a tour of the actual workshop, plus there is a littleLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiManawatu-WanganuiPalmerston North CityAshhurst40°17’41” S 175°45’13” E
13. marraskuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I took the bus north to my hometown to visit my sister, brother, and a niece and her son, who all still live there, for a few days. There happened to be a gypsy traveller encampment across the streetLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’8” S 174°47’9” E
9. marraskuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Because NZ traces its Pakeha heritage to Britain, it celebrates the 5th of November as Guy Fawkes Night. When I was a kid, everyone used to have fireworks and a bonfire on that night. But, because theLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonLower Hutt CityEpuni41°12’33” S 174°54’29” E
3. marraskuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
One of the tenants on the commercial floor of the St. George was the NZ Brass Band Association, and I had become interested in Sousa's tour of NZ back in the 1910s, with the view to perhapsLue lisää
Uusi SeelantiWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’11” S 174°46’35” E
17. lokakuuta 2013, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Even back in the '90s when I lived and worked in Wellington, it had a great reputation for good locally roasted coffee. Herewith, some of the Signs of the Grinds that I snapped pictures of.
