Hello again to you fine people...
We arrived in New Zealand rather late. Dark, cold and rainy. This did not change for the next few days. Temperatures were between 7 and 15C (way too cold in Fahrenheit !!!). Needless to say, we didn't see much of Auckland in the first few days. Work started and I have to say, I enjoyed every moment of it. One has to state that the people in Auckland and later in Tauranga were super-friendly; staff as well as the customers. Interesting observation though. Work started at 8 a.m. and with German punctuation, at 5 p.m. the work-day was over. Only in Germany, 5 p.m. would not be the end of the day ;-) Unless things have changed in Germany, of course ;-) Since I was unable to take pictures of Auckland, let me share one I found on the Internet:
Andre and I went to the top of the huge tower, which is lid purple at night. After that, we decided to grab a bite to eat at a local place right next to that tower. And wouldn't you know it, because the World is such a small place, the waiter was from Germany. He and his girlfriend had just arrived a couple of months earlier. As I said before, we Germans are everywhere... BEWARE ;-)
After days in rain and cold weather, we got to pack up and drive to a place called Tauranga, NZ, located in the Bay of Plenty, which was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1769. We completed our days of work and then enjoyed a few hours of leisure before heading back to Auckland. With the following pictures, I am taking you atop Mount Maunganui... HAPPY CLIMBING and enjoy the view: (The mountain top is at 761 ft high/ 232 meters) [REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE IMAGES FOR LARGER VIEW]
I shall call it "Ireland Light"
Hobbits where out and about :-(
Well, our time in New Zealand had to come to an end it it's back to Singapore where we will remain for about a week.
***Picture Source: Auckland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AucklandPano_MC.jpg
Great pictures!!!!!
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