Auckland

I spent the last weekend in Auckland. After missing the City of Sails on my last trip I thought I have to see it this time.
I stayed at the "Rendezvous" Hotel (really nice, but no rendezvous :) ), which is pretty close to the city centre and Sky City with the famous Sky Tower. Sorry, I was too lazy to get on it. So, I was wandering through the city and hang out at the harbour restaurants and places, what was really nice. It is packed with tourists (like me ;) ) at the moment. I think it is a nice city, but for me one day was enough. Probably, it is a bit cooler if you take a ferry to one of the islands or go to the beaches of the Northlands.
I sat at the port when the Tsunami hit and couldn't see anything. Achim told me that he could observe the incoming waves in Wellington, but I couldn't. They evacuated the big ships, but everything else stayed.
On saturday evening I went to the cinema (Sky of course, Sky seems top own quite a lot of the city centre) and saw Percy Jackson. It was not too cool, but okay, and nice if you are looking for nice not to complicated, teenager adventures. Perfect, for me that night. On sunday, I took a Intercity (bus!) to Hamilton and arrived here in the evening. I stay at Bryna's place again, but tomorrow we will go to Rotorua for the next survey.

Aloha,
Nina