Here are some photos from our lovely week in Wellington. We averaged about 15km walking a day according to my phone - interspersed with stops for a coffee and a cheese scone. I went on a personal cheese scone tour of NZ; all were excellent but the Aro Cafe does one with a touch of spinach that I can highly recommend. Our airbnb apartment had a very Wellington view (and the weather was like that nearly every day, outstanding (and unusual)).
We went up the cable car and took an old person selfie with the view.
Then we walked back down through the Botanic Gardens to where we used to live and took an old person selfie of the front of our little townhouse. We thought it was very fancy at the time.
We went for a walk up Mt Vic with a friend and sat and had a chat at the top. With no wind, clear skies and sunshine. It was one of those four days every year that Wellington uses to tempt visitors and homesick Australians. Stunning.
We went to Zealandia for some nature, did a Parliament tour for laughs, my husband went to Weta Workshop to see the models, and bought a print to hang on our walls. And we did a lot of shopping, a lot of eating, caught up with old friends and spent a lot of time looking forward to retirement, when we can do this kind of thing Every Day.
What a stunning week of weather you chose. I remember us being locked out of the little flat. Why was that?
ReplyDeleteThat looks very lovely. What a pity the chap and I will probably never get there. This is due to a) getting on a bit b) dislike of flying and c) having given all our spare money to our children to buy houses. Ah well. I enjoyed your photos. I'm interested to read about your cheese scone survey. In our opinion, the best ones in Britain are at the cafe at Sandringham, the Queen's (now the King's) little place in Norfolk, where we used to go a lot when my aunt was alive. The Queen surely baked a good cheese scone.
ReplyDeleteThat was Pam, by the way. You may have guessed.
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