Hi Everyone,
We're both feeling alot lot better!!! I think officially 2008 will go down
in History as the year my easter chocolate has lasted the longest! lol!
We've had a business packed few days! On Tuesday we got the ferry from
Birkenhead over to Auckland CBD and had a wander down Queen Street. We
finally found Lisa's birthday present and then went to Aotea Square and
sat down for a while to watch the cricket! After that we headed back with
a bit of tooing and frowing because Rob had remembered the ferry time
wrong so we missed a ferry and considered getting the bus but couldn't
find where they left from. Really been having trouble mastering Auckland's
public transport! lol!
After that we met Frank at Birkenhead and went back to the house to get
Margaret and head to Tom and Tracy's in Whangaparoa. We dropped Rob off at
his old Art teachers house just down the road. Frank, Margaret and I
headed over to Tom and Tracy's. We met Brodie, Sam and Tracy (and Sam's
friend Hamish) and had some tea that afternoon while watching the Cricket.
Later on in the evening Tom got home and we all had a roast for dinner
(which was lovely!). It was a lovely evening and after looking at some
photos and a long natter we headed back to Auckland. I was really nice to
finally meet them!
On Wednesday Rob and I headed into Auckland CBD again and went up the Sky
Tower! The Sky Tower is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere
standing at 323m tall(The Eureka tower in Melbourne has a higher viewing
platform however!). Before going up the tower we watched people jumping
off the tower, you can do a SkyJump where you are attached to two wires
and you just fall and then get slowed down right before you land! I was
actually quite tempted, if it wasn't for the price and the fact I wasn't
feeling very well I might have done it! The Sky tower had AMAZING VIEWS
across the city! On a clear day you are reported to be able to see 51
miles out.
After the sky tower we went to see how the cricket was getting on, we had
lunch in a pub (not a very good lunch mind!) and watched until they called
lunch for the cricket. Then WAIT FOR IT EVERYONE... Rob got his hair
cut!!!!!!!!!!! Whhhooooooo! lol! Its alot shorter and looks very very
nice, hes got the Tin Tin haircut back! lol! All he needs now is a small
white dog (Dom is Rinky free?)! lol! After the epic haircut we headed to
see the end of the cricket, which was a corker!!! Southee got 9 6's,
fastest half century for a NZ player ever! Was very impressive to watch!
Have to say though that it was EVEN nicer to see Ryan Sidebottom finish it
all off!
After that we got the link bus through Newmarket (which is a very nice
area) up to the Auckland Museum. Which is also the Auckland War Memorial.
Its in Domain Park up above the CBD and its a really really fantastic
museum. I have to say it blows Te Papa out of the water. Its in a purpose
build building which also looks like a very large mansion the exhibits
that stood out for me were the Maori exhibit, the ages of childhood
exhibit (special touch in the modern day kids room - A DAWSON'S CREEK
POSTER - THAT SEALED IT FOR ME! lol!), the volcano exhibit (theirs a room
which is like a living room inside a mock house and it shows you what
would happen if a volcano went off in Auckland - Auckland is still an
active volcanic area!), was really really good and obviously the war
memorial on the top floor was very interesting as well! Had a really good
time there! After that we headed back for tea and earlier in the day I had
brought HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL which neither of us have seen so we sat down
and watched that... It WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Was amazing! lol! Rob and I
have decided that we should quote HSM everyday for the rest of the
holiday! lol! Love it!
Today we went to Waiheke Island which is an Island 40mins from Auckland by
boat! We got there about 10.40am and got the bus to Onetangi beach. We had
lunch at the cafe and read the newspaper while looking out over the beach.
After that we just hung out on the beach for ages. It was soooooooooooo
lovely. The water was crystal clear and sooooo nice. The beach had loads
of shells on it, it was boootiful! After that we got the bus back to
Oneroa and had a wander around the shops, I found a plate for Margaret to
add to her collection and some small things for Sho and Lis. Then we went
down to Oneroa beach and I read my new NZ gossip magazines (I'm a bit
addicted!!!), Rob went for a swim. Then we just sat and read for a while,
watched a man parasurfing, and I had ago on the swings! lol!
After that we headed back to Auckland CBD by fast Jetcat. We're now going
to go and grab some dinner! Its been such a lovely day today, sooooooo
relaxing!!!
I hope everyone is good!!!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx
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