We left the snow and ice from Iowa and arrived in Auckland New Zealand. 15 hours on one plane was enough! But we did sleep for a few hours. Unfortunately it was overcast in Auckland. However 70 degrees felt great. The map is the entire cruise with each of the countries and ports we visit. Lots of adventure ahead.
The harbor area still looked pretty good except for the weather. We took a long walk to see some sites and to overcome the jet lag. Besides our hotel room wasn’t ready and we wanted to find a nice restaurant for lunch.
Anyone who knows me very well knows that I love lamb. So the first meal in New Zealand was a rack of lamb. Delicious! And the view was over the harbor so we watched yachts come and go from the harbor.
Then Saturday morning (today) we sat at breakfast with a couple we just met. They are also taking the entire Viking Grand Pacific Cruise of 93 days. This couple is from Detroit Michigan. We shared many stories over breakfast and will likely share many more. There are only 13 couples doing the entire cruise. But we have also met many couples doing just one or two segments of the cruise.
Today we have a local site seeing excursion with a stop at a winery for lunch and wine tasting.
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