January 31, 2024 Auckland, New Zealand, Day 42 of 138

 We get a second day in Auckland, and have no set plans. We are going to use the Hop on, Hop off tour bus to see what interesting things we can find. The weather is perfect blue sky and it will hit 80 degrees later today.

We learned that yesterdays tour did a great job of covering most of the major sites. We again find the Auckland people to be very clean, neat people. The city is quiet for a city of 1.2 million people. This is one third of the people who live in this country. When I say quiet there are no car horns honking, people are polite and give plenty of space between cars. I have only heard one siren during our two days here. On of our fellow travelers said what is there to get upset about, you go swimming at lunch time, and after work, you hit the bay in your boat. Life is good.

Here are some of the random pictures from today.

Above is a trolly car that was used to see the whole transportation Museum grounds.

Above is a part of the Holy Trinity Cathedral. We took this picture because this building was moved to this site. It is a large building, and they said it was quite the project to get it moved here. If you could see around the area, it is set on one of the only flat spots. Everything is downhill from here, so that meant they moved this up hill, all in one piece. It must have been something to see. The picture below the Cathedral building was some wood men built over the awning of a restaurant. Someone with a good sense of humor and talent must own this place. 

Tonight as we were leaving Auckland the sky was beautiful. One of the other passengers got a much better picture, so I will use it.