Wellington CBD

I had a walk around Wellington's CBD area yesterday evening.

It's pretty much like any city you might walk through really - lots of high rise business buildings, streets with shops on, etc. although it feels a bit different. It took me a while to work out what it was - it's quiet! Despite the fact that I am in the Central Business District which houses the seat of government in NZ, it is incredibly quiet. I was out at about 5.30pm so most people were heading home after a days work and it was still pleasant to be out. The pavements weren't overcrowded and the roads, although busy, were nothing like London, or Aylesbury for that matter at the same time of day.

There is a good selection of shops - nothing like you would get in a major city at home, but enough to be going on with and there is definately a cafe culture. There is lots of on the street dining to be had and more coffee shops that you can shake a stick at! The coffee here is excellent - really smooth. There are plenty of small independant owners and so far I have only seen 1 Starbucks!

Oh - and it's windy - really windy! When you walk along the harbours edge at times it is difficult to walk against the wind. I can now see why landing a large plane is such good fun!

Looking back over towards the city from the waterfront

I managed to find the Eagle office too - in fact it was pretty hard to miss. It's about 5 minutes from my Hotel so that is nice and convenient for tomorrow morning.

The entrance to Eagle Technology Group

Eagle's tower block - they are on the 5th floor

The sun was up way past the time I eventually crashed and burned. Still not sure which time zone I am on so I went to bed at about 6.30pm I think. Woke up at 1.30am so I read for a bit and then managed to get back to sleep so feel OK this morning.

The Internet connection in the Hotel is pretty ropey...

I'm going to try and get some photos uploaded as soon as I can.

Tuesday's plan is to go to the museum and also take a ride on the cable car...