Our stay in Auckland was brief. I had a tough time adjusting to driving on the left, so I let Mel take the keys. She did much better. We took a cab over to Mission Bay but we didn't stay as long as I'd wanted. It got cold and rainy, and after killing a bottle of wine at dinner we just had the restaurant call us a cab back to the hotel. I'm expecting (hoping!) that once we get to the Coromandel B&B I'll be able to relax a little more, and find some better photo ops.
I don't know when I'll blog next... I don't think we'll have Internet access in Coromandel, so I might be off the grid until Christchurch.