Auckland

This weekend James and I went to Auckland to visit some of James' friends. We flew up on Friday afternoon and spent a bit of time with the family.

On Saturday, we took the ferry into town which took about 40 mins. There were some great views of the city as we got closer.

Auckland is the only city in the world to be built on a volcano fault line so from the top of the sky tower you are able to see 48 volcanoes!!!!!

Once in Auckland, we went straight to the sky tower which you can go to 220m to look at views of the city. It was a beautiful sunny day so we knew the views would be good! They were stunning!

There was a walkway with glass panels in the floor so that you could see down to the street below you which was slightly unnerving! We then decided to have lunch in 'The Orbit' restaurent in the tower which rotates as you eat so that you can see 360 degree views of Auckland. I had pan fried snapper with sauteed potatoes, chorizo and a tomato relish/sauce thing. It was amazing!!!!! I then hand a selection of handcrafted chocolates. mmmm mmm mmm! It was a great treat!

We then did a bit of shopping and met up with a friend of James before going back to where we were staying. Once back, the 8 of us went out for a chinese which was freezing(not the food) but good!

The Shudall's (who we were staying with) go to a Baptist church and we attended their morning meeting on Sunday. They were having a baptism during the service which was great! It was quite different to a UK Baptist church but denominations here are generally less defined than they are in the UK.

We flew back to Wellington in the afternoon and went to the evening service at 'The Street' - James' church. It was good to see the difference between their morning and evening service. The night service is much more studenty.

It was a great weekend and I thoroughly enjoyed it!