It's not a bad little car. After a little trepidation about driving on the wrong side of the wrong side of the road, with the help of Google Maps we navigated to our next temporary home at 12 Apirana Place, in the Glen Innes section of town. Barb's daughter had reserved what amounts to an 1,100 sf two bedroom "guest home." It is very nice and comfortable, with excellent views. All that is lacking is an east facing deck to enjoy coffee in the morning.
We met Barbara's daughter Jennifer at the house. She works in Wellington and as luck would have it was going to be in Auckland for 5 days to attend concerts. After unloading the car and getting our bearings we took an Uber into downtown Auckland.
First impressions of Auckland - it is a very developed city doing well economically. There is new construction everywhere. Numerous tall buildings and there are a lot of residential buildings downtown. Lots of tourists here from Asia and presumably the US (we heard a lot of 'merican accents). We met one of Jennifer's co-workers who was in town for the concerts and had lunch at Mac's brewpub. I had an Three Wolves Pale Ale. Quite good and not as hoppy as an IPA.
We strolled along the waterfront, got a "Bubble Tea" a strange concoction of tea, milk, flavours and tapioca balls (which I guess are the bubbles).
Ubered it back to the Airbnb for a well deserved rest.
Next up, the black sand beaches of Piha, on the Tasman Sea.
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