After breakfast with Jose and John and saying goodbye to everyone we left the Reyden’s and headed into Auckland. Having heard there had been some changes we took a walk around the water front. There was a new foot bridge and some restaurants along the wharf near the fish market and lots of new development rising up.<\/p>\n

We then headed to the Auckland Museum and spent 2-3 hours there. They had some good exhibits and it passed the time. Even then, we were a little early so we drove up to the top of Mount Eden and took a nap in the car. After that we headed over to Lew and Tracey’s home, parked the car and went for a walk. For some odd reason we spent a while in a furniture store which is all entirely irrelevant if you live on a boat.<\/p>\n

When we returned to the car we ran into Lew and were soon in, relaxed and with glasses of red wine in hand. Tracey cooked up a great dinner and we were joined by David and Helen who we met up in the Bay of Islands earlier this year and a lifetime ago.<\/p>\n

As we had an early start we were all set up to leave without waking anyone up. In the end we woke before our alarm clocks and sneaked out – hopefully not waking any one. At 4:20 in the morning the trip to the airport was effortless and clearing in didn’t take too long. We now have just a few minutes before we board our first flight of three today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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