We drove back from Bay of Islands this morning - lovely views, lovely relaxed drive, until we got to Auckland. What should have taken us 5 mninutes took us more than 45. And why was that? I hear you ask. Well a certain Queen Mary 2 is moored in the harbour. Now correct me if I'm wrong but should a cruise liner like that sail up the Thames I really don't imagine the whole of London would snarl up. Ok so it is her maiden round the world voyage, and there will be fireworks. And at this point I have a big confession to make. I know that I said that massive cruise liners are my idea of a nightmare and QM2 is the biggest of all nightmares, but this evening we are going out on a much smaller boat to view the aforementioned fireworks from the water then watch QM2 sail off into the distance. Cheesy? You bet it is. Could be a really bad 3 hours if the mix of people is wrong and of course there's no way yet of knowing what that mix will be. But you know what, a bit of cheese never did anyone any harm, we're never going to do it again, and besides, what else were we going to do in Auckland on a Saturdaay night?
Have a great weekend.
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Dear Fiona and Robert
The travel tales just get better and better. We loved reading about the dolphins and look forward to seeing more pics. Love Marilyn and David
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