Not much to write about for the past couple of days. Traveling here was not particularly noteworthy. And yesterday was full of professional meetings. By the time our 'free time' for dinner came around the weather (which had been unsuspectedly sunny and beautiful) had turned pretty bleak. So that Michael and I ended up just grabbing a bowl of soup at the nearby Irish Pub. We did get a nice view back towards the city earlier in the day though:
Today's forecast included a 90% chance of rain/thundershowers. We walked along the waterfront where they have a couple of ex-Americas Cup yachts bobbing about but then were off to the War Memorial Museum. It's a great museum but unfortunately we ran through only a few selected exhibits (did you know that Kiwi birds lay eggs that are 1/4 the size of the actual bird?) on our way to the Maori Cultural Show. Given their Polynesian origins you can certainly see the similarities in their dances when compared to those we've seen in Hawaii or the Cook Islands. And the haka (war dance) must have been quite daunting if you were getting ready to fight them. Even the women looked pretty darn fierce.
No that's not a woman, I know. But that's pretty much the gist of the facial expressions in the dance...wide eyes and wagging tongues.
After that we rode up into the Sky Tower (in the first photo) for the view of the city from there. And then we were on our own for a late lunch. We went down to Princes Wharf and split some really wonderful shrimp and calamari. And then stopped in at Giapo's Gelateria in search of the local favorite ice cream flavor Hokey Pokey on the way back to the hotel.
The rain held off until just about then so we were REALLY lucky. The last group dinner is tonight with everyone else leaving tomorrow while we stay on until Sunday morning. What we end up doing tomorrow will be weather dependent. Fingers crossed that our luck holds and it clears again.
No that's not a woman, I know. But that's pretty much the gist of the facial expressions in the dance...wide eyes and wagging tongues.
After that we rode up into the Sky Tower (in the first photo) for the view of the city from there. And then we were on our own for a late lunch. We went down to Princes Wharf and split some really wonderful shrimp and calamari. And then stopped in at Giapo's Gelateria in search of the local favorite ice cream flavor Hokey Pokey on the way back to the hotel.
The rain held off until just about then so we were REALLY lucky. The last group dinner is tonight with everyone else leaving tomorrow while we stay on until Sunday morning. What we end up doing tomorrow will be weather dependent. Fingers crossed that our luck holds and it clears again.
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