Auckland

Arrived and hit the ground running. We couldn't check into the hotel so we took a tour of Auckland and enjoyed our first adventure on The America's Cup Sailing cruise of the harbor. It was a fine day for sailing with fair winds and cool dry weather.

The Christmas tree in at the Sky City Hotel where we stayed. The Hotel lobby was like a 5 star and the room was a 2 star. It was very crowded, but just fine and we were very tired and didn't care anyway.

We walked to the harbor, tried our first NZ fish and chips and missed church, because of the confusion of the on-line posted Church times and the actual Church times. We arrived as the last meeting was finishing up. Sunday night we made it to Temple Hill and saw the Christmas lights at the New Zealand Temple. Most of the people who live in Temple Hill are members of the Church. We stayed in Hamilton the third night.