all the way from Taupo to Napier (a city with unfinished named,>), I sat with my nose glued to the windows. The landscape seen from the windows of the bus has varied in the three plans. On the first - the green hills dotted with white points of the sheep. The hills gradually took on more dramatic shapes, which have grown over the border of pine forests. In the background emerged a high, rocky mountains covered with a quilt of snow. Suddenly, an almost vertical hill fled towards the ocean and I was lying in the Pacific, "the world capital of Art Deco." I promised you to explain how such a concentration of buildings with a single architecture.
third February 1931 in Napier and nearby Hastings shook the earth. Earthquake the strength of close to 8 on the Richter scale completely destroyed the entire city center. Immediately began its reconstruction, and in just a few years, in place of wooden buildings stood Edwardian mansion built in the throes of an Art Deco flourish. Walk around the small center Napier is an accelerated course in the architecture of this period.
with almost equal enthusiasm," toured "located on the beach outdoor thermal pools with heated sea water and the local Center for Art Deco, where I got dizzy among the various kinds the of my favorite styles of Art Deco and Art Nouveau. Without the spiritual support from the absent Phil, who always made sure I would not have missed the last penny, it was not easy ... Of course there empty-handed does not come out;)
I am writing to you spread in a comfortable chair in front of you have panoramic bay window and a view of the sea, separated from the nearly 90-year-old wooden villa only a narrow way. The room has a fireplace, so nice Here and cozy. My bedroom, which I share with a nice German woman, is on the first floor, we have the bedding in rubella and electric blankets, and rocks us to sleep sound of waves ... No, do not visit their relatives in the affluent seaside mansion; such luxuries get in some hostels in New Zealand! I'm on the bottom samiuteńkim Półocnej Island (South Island in sight!) Near Wellington.
on Mana Island in the foreground, and behind it, separated by Cook Strait, South Island.
In the background you can see how seems, snow-covered peaks of South Island, but in reality, can the light they reflect the setting sun.
As befits the capital NO, Welly is small and friendly. Steep train drove into the Botanical Gardens. I walked down a winding path toward osławionemu "Ulowi" (a representative wing of Parliament, built in the 70s among the many controversies, the picture below).
toured Parliament, passing out on the sidelines of the visiting president of China, New Zealand. Almost the entire day spent at Te Papa, ultra-modern and interactive national museum. Having done all this, get in tomorrow morning to train not just what you fasciases me back to Auckland, where the supplement that record photos. A bientot!
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