Wellington

Mum and I went on a day trip today to Wellington, the capital city of NZ. We arrived at the airport at 8.10 just in time to jump on the plain. I had checked in online on the computer at home so we just had to board the plain. The flight to Wellington is fairly short - 35 minutes but it can be quite bumpy at times - Wellington is very windy. We had a few bumps before landing but it was fine really. Mum is becoming quite an experienced air traveller now! We caught a shuttle into the centre of town and booked a city tour at the tourist centre. It was perfect timing really as the tour left at 10am (we were there at 9.45am). The tour started with a visit to The Beehive which is the common name for the modern parliament buildings. "They look a lot better than the Scottish Parliament buildings" was mum's opinion. From there we headed around to the botanic gardens for a walk in the Lady Norwood Rose gardens. The flowers were beautiful. Unfortunately while we were there it started to drizzle - Scotch Mist the driver said! And it didn't really get much better. It was a real shame as it meant there wasn't really much of a view at any of the other viewpoints on the way around the city. It was OK though and it certainly saved our feet traipsing to all the attractions.

When the tour was finished we had some lunch then headed for the cable car for a short trip up to the top of the Botanic gardens. After that we walked around the Harbour to Te Papa Museum to finish our day with a whirlwind tour of some of the exhibitions.

All in all it was a good day out. Shame about the weather though. What was even more irratating was that it had been a gloroius hot, sunny day in Nelson! The boys had been for a bike ride and a swim and generally enjoyed the good weather. They had fish'n chips waiting for us when we got home.

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