Wellington

This building is the nation's Capital Building. They have nicknamed it "The Beehive"
We're now in Wellington, the nation's capital, to catch a ferry headed for the South Island. We took two days to drive (on the left side of the road) down the North island so we can do the South Island first. Wellington is a beautiful city and it reminds us of our home city of San Francisco Ca. It is a coastal city on a bay with little houses climbing up the hilly slopes. Much like SF. We didn't have much time here but will explore it more on our return. From the ferry it looks so much like being on the bay in San Francisco. Talking to a waiter at a restaurant that we had breakfast at (the best breakfast ever!) He told us that Wellington is like Australia's Melbourne and that Auckland is like Australia's Sydney. Having never been to Australia we interpreted this to mean that Wellington is Like our San Francisco as Auckland is like our Los Angeles. So our conclusion was that Wellington has an aire of more sophistication and Auckland has more body conscious people and is bigger, which we did see.

On the ferry, first thing , we find a Red Wine for me and a glass of Champagne for my hubby. I'm on the right in the Tye Dye.


The ferry heads out to sea.

And you can see just how much it reminds us of San Francisco!

We're off to the South island! Here we go!