I’m not feeling great at the moment. I think the 16 hours flying time has knocked me for six, coupled with the insane Chinese lady I had to sit next to from LA to Auckland. I wanted to sleep, she wanted to yabber on about nothing in particular, and then didn’t know which country she lived in (Germany) or which country she was born in (China).
Onto better things, today has been beautiful. Auckland is amazing, but very spread out. I walked for about an hour but didn’t get anywhere. I went up the Skytower, which is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere apparently! The views are amazing, which as you can see from the picture isn’t too far from the truth. You can actually jump off on a zip line from about 600 feet, but I didn’t really fancy that, having only changed underpants about 2 hours before!
I’m staying right by the harbour, which is nice to have a walk round, but as it’s at the bottom of every hill in the city, so as the song says “the only way is up”. This is made doubly hard by not knowing whe
re anything is, as well as it being SCORCHIO. If this is autumn in Auckland Ill take it any day.I confess I did have to have a nap this afternoon, purely because I felt as if I wasn’t in contact with the floor at times, such was my exhaustion. After an hour (or two) I felt much better so decided to have a walk up Queen Street, the bustling vibrant centre of the city. Except it wasn’t because today being Good Friday, nearly everywhere was closed. This was obviously repeated everywhere else I went so I went back down to the front and strolled round the harbour and along the front.
Just been for dinner at one of the only places I saw open. Its called degrees (small d) and its specialities include food served nearly raw on a slab of granite heated to about 400°C and you cut and cook it yourself. Very nice and much healthier for me (that’s for you mom). I decided to wash it down with a glass of tomato juice. Nah, only kidding, just a couple of beers.
I’m picking the car up tomorrow morning, so I’m off to decide where I’m going to tomorrow.
From the other side of the world
M
2 comments:
Wow!..those piccies made my knees tremble, i wouldn't have like that building at all! As for the lady you sat next to on your flight, it reminded me of that meal we had at the wolves..how many frozen sausages was it again?! Glad you're having fun and seeing lots of new things. The restaurant that you visited..anything like the mong we had? Keep the updates coming..they're fab.
Love n hugs, lil sis.x
16 hours is a long time to be up in the air, no wonder you're feeling grotty. That chinese lady was probably scared to death and needed to talk to keep her mind off things. You'll be rewarded in heaven for keeping her occupied! Keep the news coming, I look every day for the next update. Loads of love, M xxxx
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