Auckland Domain & Winter Gardens

Sue having a moment to herself in the Auckland domain. 

Sue was up at 7am, I managed to drag myself out of bed at 7.30. I could see blue skies again from out of the hotel window. I donned the running kit and went for a jog around Albert Park. There were a few joggers about.

I returned to the hotel and prepared myself fpr the day. we decided to go and visit the Auckland War memorial Museum today. We set off about 9.20am and found ourselves at the main door waiting for it to open at 9.50am. The museum was built in 1929 to commemorate the end of World War 1 in which 16,697 New Zealanders died. While we were wandering the exhibits where the trenches were, Simon called from Afghanistan and was quite amused as he could here the gun fire and sirens from the exhibits. He is fine and looking forward to returning home on leave.

The museum is very large and has 3 floors it took us a couple of hours to walk around the top two floors and we just whizzed around the ground floor where most of the Maori exhibits were. We were getting a little jaded visiting museums. We left the museum and walked over to the Winter Gardens and had a look around eventually having a drink at the cafe. The sun was out and it was very warm in the afternoon sun. We got back to the hotel after 2pm. We had a quick lunch and then an hours nap.

~ by blackgoth on April 2, 2007.