Thursday, March 5, 2015

Day 26 Taupo to Auckland

I start the day with a 5K run in the Taupo countryside,  Other than the double-trailer logging truck that breezes by within a foot of me, nobody else is on this gravel road at 6:15a..  Then we jump in the car for the 3 hour drive to Auckland. We return the car and catch the bus into the CBD.

Since we're near the harbor, we take the ferry across it to find a little French bistro.


The fast ferry ride over to Devonport is cheap and only takes 11 minutes.  Over there you can find a plethora of sidewalk cafes without the hustle and bustle of Auckland's CBD.



We have always been fans of serendipity. This little bistro was excellent.












We are lying in bed and hear a series of bangs and booms coming from what seems to be upstairs. We open the curtains and look out our window and there are fireworks.  Sorry, couldn't get a good picture of that but here is view of the Skytower outside our window.  We are planning to do "high tea" there tomorrow.

It's hard to believe we start the journey home tomorrow night.

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