Wellington

February 4
Wellington

I’ve actually been looking forward to Wellington for some time now simply because I have a friend, the trumpet player from my first ship, who lives there. He was busy during the first part of the day leaving me the early afternoon to do some exploring.
I had gotten a map in the terminal building and headed out with a few things in mind, but due to the cold weather and less than sunny skies, I kept my activities low key. I did a lot of wandering around really, and then mix in some unsuccessful attempts at finding Internet connections in New Zealand and you have the main part of my day.
After a lot of walking I met my friends at some pub my buddy from the ship picked. The bass player here actually knows my old friend, Lex, probably because they’re both from New Zealand, and we all met up with a few others and hung out for a while. After the left the Pub, Lex took a dancer (who also knows him) and I from the ship over to his house where we had tea and talked about what’s new. 40 minutes later he drove us back to the shuttle where we were almost late getting back on the ship, but no problems there. And that’s probably about all for Wellington. We’re hoping Lex has more time when we return so that we can do something a little more exciting than sitting at his place drinking tea, but hey, it’s always cool to see old friends!