We are now down the South end of the North Island, in Wellington, the capital city in that the government is based here, but not the biggest city, that is Auckland, where we were last week. We spent a few nights just outside town in a house right by the water. You park your car at the top of the hill and then descend a variety of unstable steps to actually reach the house. The residents moved their furniture in by boat, and this is definitely the best idea. Carrying our luggage back up all the crazy steps is making me concerned about the fact that we may stay there again in a couple of weeks.
Nice to be next to the water though, and to exercise my naval skills. We had use of a craft so I donned my captain's cap and taught young Jay a lesson or two in nautical theory. We got about half way to our target of a buoy out in the briny stuff, but I could see that others had managed to get as far from the coast as us just by walking in to the inlet that we were kayaking in. Jay still has a bit to go before getting his full pirate qualifications as he didn't really like getting his bottom wet, so we haven't been back out in it yet.
Into Wellington city for the last couple of days though, and we're staying in a big house overlooking the bay – view pictured above. The result of one of Annie's friend's brother's hospitality. We have a six bedroom townhouse to ourselves. It is normally occupied by a bunch of students, I think, but they are all away or staying somewhere else or something. So we've been taking in NZ culture by sitting in cafes down by the harbour whilst keeping in touch with UK culture by watching Alan Partridge videos in the evening. A ha.
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