The first indication of size was the Hertz rental car park - there are four bays. Having handed over the keys, we went to check in.
The photo above was taken from the cafe which had three seats and a table. All the food was home made by the person serving and, having tasted it, we believe her. We had been alerted of this by Sue at our B&B and so had a very lovely breakfast.
We were flying on a Beachcraft 1900 series - it takes 19 passengers and there were 14 of us travelling.
There plenty of comments coming from behind about seat preference, window or aisle!
It was cloudy on our 40 minute flight until we got to Auckland where Pat had a good view of the runway
Auckland has a population of 400,00, so not large, but spread out by its geography, essentially, it is on both sides of North Island. The major part of the town is on the Pacific side and that is where we headed.
Having installed ourselves, we went off the see the city from the sky tower. The viewing platforms are on the 51st floor.
There are glass panels in the floor for looking straight down
Pat isn't the only person who won't stand on them. Does 38mm sound stronger that 1.5 inches?
Our hotel in the foreground
The lift shaft
The entrance hall with a canoe like structure
After our visit, we went to find the Albert park, a small park in the centre of the city and next to the university.
In the evening, we went back to the sky tower for a look at the sunset, but it wasn't spectacular.
The sky tower at dusk. We ate a super meal at the Depot restaurant just next door to the sky tower.
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