We finally got into the city and went to the "Te Papa" museum
first. They had a special exhibit on Egyptian mummies that looked interesting
so I went to the exhibit while Matt (who had no interest in aforementioned)
went through the usual tour sections. After the museum, we walked around town
to several of the local shops and the main drag, Cuba Street, where we ate
lunch at a yummy Turkish kebab place. I had a pair of pearl earrings handmade while
Matt waited patiently. We also bought a halogen lamp heater (strange that
neither one of us knew that halogen meant it was a bright, glowing lamp...but I
will get to this later). We knew the south island would be really cold and the
$10 blanket we bought was not going to cut it.
Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)
