Another week flew by.
We feel fortunate to still be here in NZ. Covid 19 is spiking again in the US and
around the world based on news reports and visits with our children. Here in NZ it’s like Covid 19 never was. No face masks, no social distancing, Church
meetings and other large group gatherings are back, traffic and businesses are
back, schools are back in session, you’d never know it was ever a problem here. The one draw back is that the borders are
still closed except to natives who are returning, and they are being tested and
quarantined for at least 2 weeks. I had
thought they would create a trans Tasman bubble with Australia, but that looks
like it will be on hold at least for a few more months as Australia is spiking
again.
It’s mid July and we’re in the middle of winter here. We’ve had rains and cold this week, down into
the low 50’s. I continue to jog and play
pickle ball to stay in shape.
We had a YSA FHE on Monday and dance on Friday which were
fun to attend. On Saturday, we decided
to take it easy after last weekend’s trip.
I got up and took an early morning 10 mile bike ride. Then we took the bus into downtown Auckland
to visit the Kelly Tarlton Aquarium. It
dates back to the 1980’s and was one of the earliest ones around. My favorite was the penguins, they must have
had 50 or 60 of them there. At first
when I saw them I thought they were fake or stuffed. They were just standing there stiffly looking
back at us. Then they started to waddle
around and splash in the water. We also
saw fish, sea horses, octopus, sting rays and sharks. It was worth the effort to attend. In the
evening we visited the Hanmari Korean BBQ restaurant around the corner from our
office building. The place is packed
every night so we wanted to see what we were missing. It was packed again Saturday evening, I didn’t
know there were that many Koreans in NZ, we were the only non-Koreans I saw
there! They had a little stove at each
table and we cooked our own meats. It wasn’t
my favorite Korean BBQ place, it didn’t have as much selection as other such
places I’ve been to, but it was probably the most authentic based on the
reaction of the other guests there.
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