Breakfast at the Copthorne Hotel & Apartments Queenstown Lakeview, overlooking Lake Wakatipu. Watched the sunrise over the mountains. There was an interesting band of clouds over the lake.
On the way to Arrowtown, we crossed the Edith Campbell Bridge. We stopped at Skippers Road Lookout for views of the area. Ewan put the bus in 4wd (just kidding) and dropped us right at the top.
Next stop, Arrowtown, a historic gold mining town. Ian led us on a walk through the Chinese settlement. After that we walked through the cute shops on the main drag. We were amused by the "talking toilets" in the parking lot.
We completed our drive to the Queenstown airport. Most of us were double checked in security, due to carrying extra batteries for our listening devices.
Short flight to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand and the "San Francisco" of New Zealand.
Our Wellington Site Coordinator Margaret Logan and driver Gina met us at the baggage claim.
We piled into our bus, with leather seats and lots of legroom. We drove to Lyall Bay for lunch. There was construction and crowds, so we had to go to another restaurant. Jack, Judy, Denise, Fred, and I ate at Elements. The food was delicious! I especially liked my meat pie and Lowrider IPA (made in Rotorua).
We drove to the Copthorne Hotel Wellington Oriental Bay Hotel right on Oriental Bay. My room has a great view. I organized my room and took a nap.
Met everyone in the lobby for Happy Hour. We went to our meeting room for our lecture. Dr. Kate McMillan from the Victoria University of Wellington spoke to us about New Zealand Politics and Political Life. Our group had several probing questions for her.
After the lecture, we had a buffet dinner. Ann: "The Pavlova is growing on me."
I went back to my room to drop off some things. Went for a walk along the waterfront. I ran into Ron and Ann. We took pictures of each other at the cute Wellington sign. We watched boys diving off a structure, into the inky-looking water. We walked until it got a little cool. It's called Windy Wellington for a reason.
Looking forward to our tour of Wellington tomorrow.
Views from my room:
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