1/22/02 Wellington
We arrived in the thriving metropolis of Wellington, the capital of
New Zealand, after about a six hour car ride...I swear we have
definitely gotten the scenic tour of NZ over the last few days!
Wellington didn't really have any special feel to it...just another
big city...Starbucks on every other corner. We did, however, jump on
the famous cable car and road it until we got to the Cable Car
Museum. We toured around a bit with only a half hour before they
closed but it was enough time. The place was pretty small. Before
we got back on the cable car to return back to the area we were
staying in we took a little break by sitting down (or laying, which
ever was preferred) on a hill top over looking some landscape with a
bunch of houses on it. It literally looked like a background that
was painted though. We were sitting in the hills so it was a
continous series of hills...beautiful!
We went to see a movie at night, "Lord of the Rings," in a theater
that was promoting only this feature. We purchased our tickets and
never before had I heard of assigned seates for a movie theater but
they have 'em, row M seats 35-38. The theater looked like an old
musical theater...you know the elaborate ceilings and such...and they
sell alcohol at the theater which you can bring in as well! Rob was
all over this. "This is sooo cool!" kept coming out of his mouth.