Our second day in Wellington was dedicated to the National Museum, Te Papa, and it proved to be worthwhile. The exhibit on Gallipoli was certainly one of the best exhibitions I have seen in a long time.
During the day we looked at the flora and fauna of New Zealand, an exhibition on earthquakes, a Maori heritage exhibition and a life in the fifties and sixties exhibit. By half past five we were exhausted. I would recommend a day in Te Papa to anyone visiting Wellington. We had arranged to meet Jacob, Sally's nephew in a bar and as we left the museum the heavens opened.
The result was that we decided to have dinner in the pub we were in before heading back to the station to catch the train home. The trains were comfortable and clean and ran on time, as we have little chance to travel by train we really enjoyed the experience.
In fact it would be more than fair to say that the tour director and I enjoyed our two days in Wellington and we felt that we should have spent at least one more day there, it is very clear to us that there is plenty still left for us to do there.
Petome is a relatively interesting suburb and our decision not to go for a hotel I n the centre of the city appeared to have been justified. The tour director was a little miffed that we had not allowed some time for perusing the clothes shops in the city but hen you can' that even everything can you?