Food and the like

My food quest in Wellington:

In my attempt to find mexican food I went to Arizona restaurant

eh. they were ok.

this was amazing!

this wooden indian was just chillin at the mic

and then I went to the farmers market to get veggies and snacks

where I fond the perfect homemade mexican food <3

Road Trip to Wellington , New Zealand

Most Pimped out Burger King ever! I believe it's in an old bank building

phone booth

Rail way station:

According to Wikipedia : When completed in 1937 the station was New Zealand’s largest building, partly because it was designed to accommodate 675 head office and district office staff.^[2] The land upon which it is built is reclaimed, and it was the first major New Zealand structure to incorporate a significant measure of earthquake resistance. It was constructed by Fletcher Building as one of its first major construction projects. It was designed by New Zealander W. Gray Young, famous for his neo-Georgian styles.

When it opened in 1937, Wellington's two former stations closed, removing the inconvenience of separate stations for the two routes out of Wellington: Lambton (on 19 June), built by New Zealand Government Railways to serve the Wairarapa line; and Thorndon (on 8 June), built by theWellington and Manawatu Railway Company to serve what became the North Island Main Trunkvia Johnsonville.

It has a steel frame encased in reinforced concrete and supported on groups of reinforced concrete piles. Bricks used for the outer cladding are of a special design, with slots to accommodate vertical rods reinforcing the brickwork and binding it to the structural members. It required 1.75 million bricks, plus 1500 tonnes of decorative granite and marble. The station is registered as a Category I Historic Place.^[3]

The station was used in a 2009 TV advert in the United Kingdom for a train ticketing company,TheTrainLine, where a large flock of sheep use the station facilities.^[4]

Parliament

  

Parliament-beehive

Wikipedia: The Parliament was established by the British New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 which established abicameral legislature. This produced a parliament very similar to Britain's, with a lower house, called the General Assembly, and an upper house, called the Legislative Council. The members of the General Assembly were elected under the First Past the Post system, but the members of the Council were appointed. For the most part, the Council rubber-stamped legislation the lower house wished to pass, very rarely playing any notable part in the policy process.

Due to this ineffectiveness, the National government of 1951 abolished the Legislative Council, making New Zealand legislature unicameral. Parliament received full control over all New Zealand affairs in 1947 with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, and the ability to amend its composition with the New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 (UK). In 1986 a new Constitution Act was passed, restating the 1852 Act's provisions and consolidating the legislation establishing Parliament.

Wellington cenotaph

Wellington cenotaph

It reads: These laid the world away poured out the red sweet wine of youth. Gave up the years to be of work and joy and that unhoped serene that men call age and those who would have been their sons they gave their immortality

Supreme Court of New Zealand. This building was opened on the 18th of Jan 2010 by His Royal Highness Prince William K.G. on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Queen of New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

This is the worlds largest squid from the deep on display. It's about 14 feet long and they showed a video on how it was accidentally caught followed by preservation ect.

These are velociraptors at the museum. Just thought they were cool.

This is a major light up floor map of NZ and it was so cool to watch parents teach their kids geography on it.

This is at the Wellington train stations. And that is Platform 9 3/4. Harry Potter fans eat your heart out.

Pretty good street musician. 

Lots of street artists and cool museum times. Of course the best stuff I wasn't allowed to take pictures of but that's ok too. I want to preserve art too.

Wellington, New Zealand

The great debate today is Auckland or Wellington. North or South. Far but in the direction I need to probably go or close and more of a fun than business trip. Wellington it is. So after my informational quest to McDonalds (there has to be an app or something that tells me where to go to find them) I found out there was a 4:50 ride to Wellington. Steven was again more than a kind host, taking me to the bus stop and dropping me off. The bus ride wasn't as much fun as the previous as it was filled to the brim including a upset toddler and a rather particular woman that looked like Angela Landsburry plus it was dark so the landscape was nearly invisible.

Nearly.

The mountains of Wellington were covered in houses and their lights were thrown against the waves beating against the rocks below. You could not see the stars for the clouds but New Zealand has another name: Aotearoa which means: "Land of the long white cloud"