Busy tourists

As Neil's gps tracing of our day indicates, we busy tourists today. We secured a rental car that we will return to the Auckland airport (and as Neil noted, this means we can start buying souvenirs!). Over the course of the day we visited two markets (the underground market which is quite literally an underground car park turned into a craft/food market), and the Wellington night market. We visited parliament (the executive wing of parliament is the "beehive" building from the earlier post) and two museums - Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand, and Space Place, the planetarium. We only had one hour prior to Te Papa's closing; we will return tomorrow. The planetarium provided us with an overview of stargazing from the southern hemisphere. Fun fact: place one hand on the tip of the southern cross, place another hand over the bright star Achernar, clap your hands and now you've found due South! We rode the historic cable car up to the planetarium and roamed all around the waterfront and the central business district. We'll be back in town tomorrow or Monday, for more of Te Papa, Queen Victoria lookout and some of Wellington's famous coffee :)