We are home now and it's easier to do the blogging on my laptop, sitting on my sofa. These days, we travel with just carry-on limited to 7 kg so I don't take my laptop, just the phone. Marianne has transferred her photos to me since I obviously can't take photos while driving.
Wellington is down left and Napier is upper right. The route looks straight forward, but there are an extraordinary number of steep hills and sharp curves.
Here you can see the typical curvy road through the hills. Fortunately, there was not too much traffic.
The countryside is incredibly green.
More curves ahead.
A rather high railway viaduct. The road surfaces were usually good, but the road crews are usually fixing hillslides or washouts.
There are so many hills and mountains.
We saw well over 100 logging trucks. Logging must be a huge industry here.
Back in 1931, much of Napier was destroyed in a massive earthquake. The city centre was rebuilt in Art Deco style, and our hotel was named the Art Deco Masonic Hotel.
On the front verandah.
View across to the ocean.
Another impressive building.
It was Mother's Day in New Zealand (and Australia), so we ate dinner in the hotel's restaurant. For dessert, we each ordered one of these. The shells were formed of white chocolate and the concoction was quite delicious. The couple at the next table inquired if they were as good as they looked and I told the wife to order a plate. She was to get two of the blobs and her husband was to get only one. They both laughed.
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