Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is living up to its nickname "Windy Wellington" today. During the night we had gale force winds and since coming into the port, the winds have continued, although they're not as brisk as last night. Wellington sits at the southern tip of the north island of New Zealand, where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean, so that explains the breezy conditions.
We planned our own tour today, and first took the cable car from the center of the city up into the hills. At the end, we walked through the beautiful botanical gardens, with their colorful displays of spring flowers, and then through the Cable Car Museum. The cable cars were built from plans of those in San Francisco. When we returned to the main part of the city, we saw Old Saint Paul's Church, the new Saint Paul's which serves as the Wellington Cathedral, and also parliament buildings.
We had quite a change in the weather from the past few days temperature-wise. When we pulled into the harbor this morning, it was 42 degrees! Fortunately the forecast of rain didn't hold. Although we had a few very light showers while walking around, it was on and off sun all day.
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Gosh, you guys sure want to go back to a lot of places!!! Hope there are plenty of time shares in all of those locations. Gosh the temp would have really exceited me as it has been sooooo hot here. It is supposed to be fall, not 90+ Hopefully it will soon cool down. I am lovin your blog....Love C & F
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