Our Last Weeks in Hamilton

We have lived for six months in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand while Izzy worked at the hospital here.  These are photos from our last few weeks.  On April 21st, we fly to Bali to start our 5 week vacation in Bali, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Japan.  On May 30th we fly back to sunny San Diego!

Waikato Balloon Festival

Hamilton Lake at Sunrise



Izzy's shirt matching a design on a shop window

Night Glow at Balloon Festival

Lunch with Steve, a member of our book club.

Our Apartment - second floor, right side as you look at it

Bar across the street from our apartment

Waikato Rover

Garden Place - next to our apartment

Automatic loo on main street of Hamilton



The creator of Rocky Horror Picture Show lives here

Our favorite theatre - you can buy wine and take it to your seat.

Street scene in front of our apartment

Our favorite Italian Restaurant

V8 races in Hamilton

View from out balcony

GOOD-BYE, HAMILTON!!!

Windy Wellington



We lived in Wellington for 11 months in 2007 and 2008 and absolutely loved it.  We took a stroll down memory land one weekend when we took the 7 hour drive from Hamilton to Wellington.  This is a view of the apartment we lived in from our hotel in Wellington. There was a little circus on the front lawn.

Izzy buying coffee and bran muffins at Pandora's, our favorite coffee shop in Wellington.

Enjoying a capuccino at Pandora's.

Chaffer's Dock, our old apartment building right on the harbor.  Our apartment was on the third floor in the middle of this side of the building.

Jo trying to look cool on the diving board over the harbor in Wellington

Izzy trying to read the Braille sculpture in downtown Wellington.



At our favorite Italian restaurant in Wellington.  It use to be Maria Pia's, but Giuseppe took it over. 
He was a great host!

Wellington from the top of the cable car.

Civic Center in Wellington

Hot Club Sandwich performing at Old Saint Paul's.  We went to Wellington specifically on the first Friday in March to hear them play.  It was one of our favorite things to do when we lived there.



New Zealand countryside on drive from Wellington to Hamilton

New Zealand National Park.

Friendly cow on a hike near Hamilton.

New Zealand countryside.



Hike on Te Waihou Walkway

Country town near Hamilton

Our living room at Victoria Apartments in downtown Hamilton.

Our kitchen.

Our bedroom.

Living room in Hamilton.

Donna Storms New Zealand

Donna Warlick, my girlfriend for almost 50 years, arrives in Auckland on February 11th.

Waitomo Caves

Bones of ancient Moa in Waitomo Cave

Three cave explorers

Glow little glow worm glow. 
It is the excrement that falls on a web from the glow worm that causes the glow.

Kiwi with NZ flag tattoo

Woodlands Gardens where we celebrated Valentine's Day

Woodlands Homestead

Hike around Mount Maunganui

Hike around Mount Maunganui

Te Puia Park at Rotorua

Geothermal activity at Rotorua

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Pohutu Geyser at Rotorua

Hot Pools at Rotorua

Maori Warrior

Jesus walking on water at Maori Church at Rotorua

St Faith's Maori Church on Lake Rotorua

Art at Rotorua

Jo and Donna exploring New Zealand

 

Birds at Lake Rotorua

Geothermal sands at Lake Rotorua



Hamilton Sculpture Gardens

Hamilton Sculpture Gardens