Today the weather was cloud with some precipitation and high of 24C.
We started our exploration today with a walk to Aotea Square and Albert Park, then the Auckland Art Gallery. There was intermittent preceptitation as we got to Aotea Square. We stopped along the way and picked up a new sun hat at the Auckland version of the China store. We explored Albert park, which is beautiful, full of massive trees, gardens and monuments.
Then we went through the Auckland Art Gallery. Lunch followed at a nearby Vietnamese restaurant called Saigon Chill, where we had really good Lemongrass Noodle Soup (one of us had pork and the other had the chicken version).
We then got the bus up to the Auckland Museum (also called the war memorial museum). This museum is in a parkland area perched on a hilltop overlooking the city. This is an expansive museum with various cultural, art and war remembrance exhibits. A very impressive museum.
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| This is a shopping arcade, not the China shop |
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| Aotea Square |
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| Auckland Theatre, Aotea Square |
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| Auckland Art Gallery, exterior renovations |
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| Albert Park |
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| Clock tower at Auckland university |
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| In Albert Park |
Below is a square in Auckland with murals that celebrate New Zealand as being the first country granting women voting rights:
Some sites from the Auckland Art Gallery (including a few masterpieces on display there):
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| Claude Monet |
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| Paul Cezanne |
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| (Gale, deep in thought) Hmmm, not sure if I like that one or that other one better……… |
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| Henri Matisse |
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| Salvador Dali |
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| Pablo Picasso |
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| Auckland Museum |
A few sites from the Auckland Museum:
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| A foyer area where a choir was performing |
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| Part of a large exhibit about volcanos |
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