March 20, 2014. Auckland, New Zealand. The City.

Ken and I decided not to explore Auckland. We are instead, just wandering around our hotel. We spent all morning in our room, after ordering room service for breakfast and working all morning on the Internet. It was a welcome respite after almost a month of activity in New Zealand. The hotel has a Japanese restaurant so we ate lunch there, which turned out to be wonderful. In fact, the size of the lunch was much larger than anticipated so we ate our main meal at lunch. We upgraded to the Club level at our hotel, so when Gill came over late in the afternoon, we three went to the 12th floor for a drink and appetizers where we all made it our evening meal. Gill flew to Auckland today and will be here until Monday. Tomorrow she has booked a city tour. Saturday she will visit Weihike Island and the next day will take a 14 hour driving tour of the North Island. This is her last chance because in ten days she will leave New Zealand. Tomorrow, Ken and I will walk around the area surrounding the hotel, looking for a drug store. And tomorrow night, we three have tickets for Mama Mia. Our sojourn in Auckland has been delightful.