We had a little more time to explore Picton this morning before catching the Interislander ferry to the North Island. Sylvia, the Italian language student we met at Miss Berry’s, arrived on the very ferry we were about to board but because she was on foot and we had a car we could only wave at each other over the intervening railway lines!
The sun had come out again so we went up on deck to eat our sandwiches and admire the beautiful Marlborough Sounds although we didn’t manage to spot any dolphins swimming alongside. The crossing is notorious for being quite rough and once we reached the Cook Strait it did get a lot more bumpy!
The crossing to Wellington, which is New Zealand’s capital city, took about three hours. Our motel turned out to be a little way out of the city but the nearby restaurant had lovely views of Evans Bay.
Barnaby
The sun had come out again so we went up on deck to eat our sandwiches and admire the beautiful Marlborough Sounds although we didn’t manage to spot any dolphins swimming alongside. The crossing is notorious for being quite rough and once we reached the Cook Strait it did get a lot more bumpy!
The crossing to Wellington, which is New Zealand’s capital city, took about three hours. Our motel turned out to be a little way out of the city but the nearby restaurant had lovely views of Evans Bay.
Barnaby
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