With great sadness, we left the South Island after close to 3.5 weeks. We drove our Nissan X-Trail onto the Ferry and headed north to Wellington. Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is quant by city standards. We stayed in the downtown wich had some great restaurants and a beautiful waterfront.
We only planned one full day in Wellington. We didn’t go to New Zealand for the culture of the cities. It’s would have been like going to Idaho and ordering carrots. With limited time, we wanted to be in nature.
After parking the car, I was walking with our box of snacks (yes… we travel with a full microwave sized box of snacks) to the apartment when the bottom fell out and all of our beloved snacks fell onto the street. I am not joking, at least 5 different groups of people came over to help… one even ran to their car to get bags for me to carry the snack in. In New York, I would have been defending my snacks from ruthless marauders.
We started our day off with a run along the waterfront and then gave Bryce some time in the playground while we switched off showering. The shower was a big waste because then we hiked up the mountain to the botanical gardens. The day finished with Vietnamese food before preparing to head to the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park.
Sorry, we only took one picture in wellington… and we aren’t even in it :/
