Saturday 21 May 2016

Wellington!

We had 6 days in Wellington which was a lot considering all our other days we only had around 1-2! It's the capital of New Zealand and we didn't know what to expect other than the usual city! When we arrived it was late evening so we checked in and took advantage of the free dinner at the hostel. Later on we headed down to the bar and enjoyed some drinks before signing up to a $5 bar crawl which actually turned out quite good! We were with our big group from the bus so it made it even more enjoyable as there was quite a few free shots and cheap drinks. After ending up pretty drunk we took a trip to the chip shop and then headed to bed!



Our first proper day in Wellington was spent with a little hangover so we went out for brunch which was lovely despite the extremely slow service for the 10 of us. Then we explored the city- which is very small. We had been recommended Cuba Street by our bus driver so we started there and made our way down to the harbour; where we really felt windy welly living up to it's name! We then headed to the supermarket which is the nicest one we have ever seen. The manager 100% has OCD as everything was so neat and there wasn't an apple out of place! We grabbed dinner for the 5 of us and enjoyed our curry. We headed out again in the evening to the bar for a few more drinks.

The next day we visited the huge museum which is recommended by everyone who visits Wellington. We explored all 6 levels for a few hours and visited the big section on the Galipoli war which was quite interesting. Afterwards we took our usual trip to the supermarket to grab some bits for dinner.

The day after was spent walking up to the Mount Victoria lookouts, a little trek that confirmed for me that I definitely couldn't have done the Tongariro Crossing. It was amazing to see all of Wellington and we decided it would be a good BBQ spot for dinner later on.

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