Read about what will be open on Sundays in New Zealand otherwise it will take you 30 minutes to find somewhere to have breakfast.
Leaving the hostel we looked to find somewhere to eat but it was a struggle.
We finally managed to find a place called 'the coffee club'.
Not eating proper food due to flights and airplane meals we wanted something hearty to get us going.
A big breakfast and a great coffee alongside it was the best way to go about it.
And for those who say to me 'Tom, do you ever not think of food?' - This time it had to be done, trust me it was needed.
We then headed back to the hostel to decide on some sort of plan for the day, we saw a guy from the hostel was running a mini tour of parts of auckland so at 12 noon we met him with a few others and we headed out towards the harbour.
We had been hoping to speak to someone about what we could get up to while in Auckland other than recovering from a serious amount of Jetlag! Aka The Devil.
We took a great long walk down to the harbour where our kind guide talked to us about the history of Auckland and its ports and how most recently it has been the base for the New Zealand Ocean Racing team. On a very rainy Sunday indeed it was great to get some fresh air and stretch the legs out for a good hour or so.
We visited a pretty awesome fresh fish market as well ,and with me being a big lover of fish I was in my element. If I only I wasn't on a traveller's wage but one where I could buy as much as I wanted and chuck it on the BBQ with a nice couple of cold ones. (One day)
What met us as we walked in was 4 floors of art, of all kinds with various ages and history behind it. It was great. I didn't want to take too many pictures and look like some happy clappy photo taking tourist so got a few I enjoyed looking at and reading about.
Walking out of the art gallery expecting a huge downpour the clouds had started to clear and the sun was coming out (slightly). We headed back to the hostel to start our planning for the week ahead in which we would travel down the north island to Wellington in a campervan/family saloon.
We headed to the Jucy rental car depot and payed for the car in which we were going to rent for 6 days and where we would eat, sleep, drive and cook in. It was going to be Fun! I took a picture of one and you will see below what they are like. They were not something you would call 'tasteful' but for 6 days it would be perfect.
Via a supermarket the tiredness was already starting to settle in as we approached late afternoon so we grabbed some food to cook and headed back to the hostel.
We got chatting to a young guy from Ireland and a young girl from the UK which was pretty cool, finding out about what they were up to and what their plans were was great to know and gave us some new ideas.
Full up and ready to have a short nap before heading out for a beer and perhaps heading up the sky tower. 6pm came and then with me not being on the ball I had set my alarm wrong and then 4 hours later me and suzie woke up wondering what time of night it was. Once again Jetlag had got the best of us (Me setting the alarm wrong didn't help), we could have slept till the next day but thought it would be best to have a little walk around before actually heading to bed for the night. Walking down Queen street at 10pm at night on a Sunday was pretty cool, lots of people out drinking with friends, finishing meals out but many not looking forward to their working week starting again and their Weekend slowly slipping away.
After grabbing some burger king fries (I was disgusted they didn't have real burger king fries but more McDonalds), it was a quick snack before going back and hitting the hay.
A quick update on Auckland and the sky tower followed by the first day of the roadtrip soon!
Oh and I Forgot to add this little one in of Auckland on a lovely Sunny day on the Saturday when we arrived. What the weather should have been like all weekend if we hadn't been on the edge of a cyclone!
Next stop: Roturua via Hobbiton
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