10 Aralık 2013, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 perhapsOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWaikatoWaipa DistrictLeamingtonLake Te Ko Utu37°53’28” S 175°28’2” E
7 Aralık 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Because he was king for such a short time--abdicating in favor of marrying Wallis Simpson within a year--there are very few public buildings dedicated to King Edward VIII, but one of them is the PO inOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaManawatu-WanganuiRuapehu DistrictOhakuneMangateitei39°25’5” S 175°23’55” E
6 Aralık 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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 IOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’11” S 174°46’35” E 5 Aralık 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 withOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonWellington CityPipitea41°16’23” S 174°47’9” E
20 Kasım 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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.Okumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonWellington CitySeatoun HeightsWorser Bay41°18’21” S 174°49’25” E
17 Kasım 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 littleOkumaya devam et
13 Kasım 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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 streetOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’8” S 174°47’9” E
9 Kasım 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 theOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonLower Hutt CityEpuni41°12’33” S 174°54’29” E
3 Kasım 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 perhapsOkumaya devam et
Yeni ZelandaWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’11” S 174°46’35” E
17 Ekim 2013, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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.
