Wellington is a really nice city. I especially enjoyed the visit at the Te Papa, where I spent nearly six hours. They present very diverse topics in an entertaining style. The most impressive object on display was of course the giant squid. Besides that they regularly have perfomances of different bands/groups there. In the museum´s café I ate the best double chocolate brownie ever. That brownie alone would be worth another visit.
Because of the many hills in/by the city, I got many opportunities to take a good view of the city. But boy, I wouldn´t have thought it to be that challenging to make my way to the top of Mount Vic by foot. For the visit to Mount Eden I took the cable car.
I took a tour of the parliament building. It´s very sad that I wasn´t allowed to take pictures in there, the interior looks really great. I felt like I was transported back into late 19th century. Equally interesting were the facts about New Zealands political system our guide told us. For example, every citizen who wants to speak to a board discussing a new law must be heard. That´s very unique. On the way out I saw children playing rugby on the lawn right in front of the parliament and no one drove them off. Sweet.
Wellington looks like an amazing city!! NZ never ceases to amaze me. I cant think of a reason why anyone who lives there would ever want to leave!
ReplyDeleteWell, if you read the newspapers here, you see that it´s not all milk and honey here. The wages paid here are generally low. And as I have been told many skilled work here is not paid much more than unskilled work.
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