Auckland New Zealand

From Hobart, we flew to Sydney, stayed overnight, and made our connection to Auckland.  We are now into the home stretch of our travels.  We've planned to travel the North Island first, then on to the South Island early February, then flying back home Feb. 17th.  We were pretty rained out for the last couple of weeks in Australia, so are hoping for better in New Zealand.  We stayed one night near the airport, picked up our rental car, and headed into Auckland.

 We took a harbour tour and a trip across the bay to Devonport.  This is Auckland from Mount Victoria in Devonport.

 This is a super yacht owned by a Russian Vodka producer...the boat is reported to be worth $400 million.

 This gives you some idea of the size of it.

 We did a walk about on the harbour.  They've done a great job with the waterfront, lots of lovely EXPENSIVE restaurants and bars.

 This cruise ship, Diamond Princess, was in town that day.  3000 people aboard...er, in town.

This is the ferry dock, just opposite the cruise ship terminal.

We finally met up with our friends, Bruce and Marianne Forbes.  We haven't seen them for about 30 years...they look just the same!!  They invited us for a lovely dinner in their even more lovely home.  It was great to catch up!