David and I joined friends at Sky City Orbit Restaurant with the 360 degree turning restaurant and incredible views of the city and multiple bays --- quite lovely and incredibly yummy especially the very decadent chocolate dessert composed of some fudgey-type cake, caramel ice cream, fresh whipped cream and a chocolate dusting ------ thank God tramping, hiking and walking are a big part of each day!
We explored the Auckland Botanic Gardens on Sunday. The gardens cover 156 acres -- pretty spectacular. There is a kind of South Pacific flare. Some plants and trees were still blooming --- remember this is winter here. Here are a few pix --- they really don't do justice to what we saw.
Yes that last pix is David praying to the Gingko tree for its magic powers to infuse him with its gift of infinite memory.
Adjacent to the gardens is the 4 km. Puhinui Stream Forest Trail which loops through a forest area --- a unique treck through the largest ferns and lowland broadleaf plants I have ever seen.
Yesterday was my first day volunteering at a primary school. What a trip. I had the opportunity to shadow a Reading Recovery Teacher. I will work one-on-one with some students twice a week. Everyone was very welcoming and my style of teaching matches really well. I know teachers at home will love hearing that from 10:20 - 11:00am every morning the children play and the teachers go to the lounge for a cup of tea! What a concept!! I hate to even mention that teachers get a full hour for lunch also and the school day is no longer than ours. I was introduced during tea time to a very welcoming staff. They love my accent ---- wait a minute ---- who has the accent?!
Bye for now ----- afraid it's tea time!
Quick fact: the average Kiwi drinks 7 cups of tea a day......Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh I promised Katie I would send a pix of my first egg painting here. This was done on an unusually large cream colored egg. This is the art of pysanky.
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