Day 2: Why he key?

That is how you pronounce Waiheke. It was the perfect day to go out onto the island. I am only upset that I took Chris's dressing advice and wore jeans. It had been windy and chilly the night before but the day was gorgeous and sunny.
We rented a car and drove in a circle around the island going to every beach.







We stopped in the first little town of Oneroa. Oh-knee-row-ah. Here is Chris at the "Citizen's Advice Bureau". The sign says "For all sorts of answers". That made me laugh. I was tempted to go in and ask a weird question.
Everything is slightly different. Yield is Give Way. Exit is Way Out. When the walk/don't walk sign changes to the walking man it makes a loud "bloop" noise. We were at the crosswalk and it changed and scared me and I squealed. Sort of gave myself away as tourist on that one.









We had fish and chips for lunch and sat at a picnic table on the beach. Here I am eating a chip. I feel like a proper Kiwi now!















This a photo from the last beach we went to, Surfdale I think. It was gorgeous. We sat up on those rocks for a while and watched the waves come in.

I don't have the pictures of our night at SkyCity yet because Chris's dad took them with his great new camera. I will try to get them up soon.

Day 2: I finally slept!

That might have been the best I ever slept with a glass of wine first.
Today we are going to Waiheke Island with Hope. It is my first NZ outing.


Yesterday after dinner Chris and I walked over to a nearby park. He was looking at something and I walked over the playground. There was a part of the jungle gym that looked like you were supposed to climb it but not very far. I touched it and it spun. I thought maybe it wobbled and was then hard to climb so I tired. IT SPINS LIKE MAD. We found out the trick is to stand up straight and your center of gravity spins it. You can set back and it slows down. Well, I didn't know that and I couldn't get it to stop. I yelled at Chris," Baby, come over here, I can't stop this." He started walking and I kept spinning. Then I yelled, "Run it hurts! I think my nose is going to bleed." It was so wild. The sad part is we went back after dinner to do it again. Here is picture of Chris on the spinning thing.




Tonight we are going to eat at Sky Tower. Here is a picture of us from near his parent's house. You can see between us into Downtown Auckland. Sky Tower is centered.