Auckland

We went to Auckland last week for a couple of nights. Stayed at a motel in Mount Albert that was right next to the railway track. So it was only natural that we would use public transport to get into the city. For $24 we bought a family pass that gave us unlimited travel on the trains. Of course the boys wanted to push this to its extreme by visiting every station on the 4 lines. We did not quite do that but we went on all the lines and had a good look at the back of lots of houses. I certainly would not want to live in Auckland fr any length of time. It took me 10 minutes to cross the road each morning to get to a abkery to buy bread and to visit the newsagent. Double lanes of commuter traffic that would have run you over if you tried jaywalking. We met Walter in town and went out for a pizza at Cassette 9 down a backstreet. He is doing well in the traveller community and is meeting lots of people. On the way home we found a new place of wonder called Farro Fresh. When I say we found it, I mean that we visited it for the first time. There were 20 people working there and a car park full of people who had found it before us. It is a giant deli and we drooled over the breads, meats and cheeses. We shall be returning.