This morning I treated myself to a pedicure and it was past time for hair color and cut. I had to miss trivia and they had the best score we’ve had yet! Maybe I should stay away again. I went to a lecture on the Māori culture at 4:30. Maybe it...
it was a very windy day in Wellington. They call it Windy Wellington. As you can see by the sign, the wind is shown. I have friends I met on a tour in France, who live in Rockford Illinois. They are native New Zealanders and come back every year to visit. They...
We are in Napier today. Kia Ora in Māori is like Aloha to the Hawaiians. It means “hello”. SO, Kia Ora, everyone. We took the shuttle bus into town after we watched them dock at noon. First we walked to the beach, then we headed into town. There was an earthquake in...
we had an early tour this morning. We took an hour bus ride to the town of Rororua. We went to a place with hot springs, hot bubbling mud and geysers. First we went through the kiwi sanctuary. They had a female and male in separate habitats. The female was hiding but...
We slept in this morning. By the time we thought about breakfast, both places were closed so we ordered room service. Doesn’t everyone have that choice? We are really getting spoiled. Bunny’s legs were walked out from yesterday so we took a taxi to the Sky Tower. We walked around the plaza trying to...
Yesterday we disembarked the ship and walked along Queen Street. We were looking for an orange baseball cap for our friend Rudy. His birthday is coming up later in the month. We didn’t have any luck. We found a department store and did a little shopping. I bought navy and beige pants and...
We had a beautiful sunny day in the Bay of Islands. Our tour was in the afternoon. We took the tender in early. I wanted to go to a park with Māori artifacts. The Viking rep on the pier told us it was a $60 entrance fee which included a museum, and performance. If we’d...
