We're staying in the same exact room of the same exact hostel we stayed in on our first day in Wellington, NZ for our last day in Wellington, NZ. We've been gone long enough to notice changes in Wellington, and it's refreshing to look at this part of the country through different, more experienced eyes. When we first arrived in NZ, coming out of winter, the weather was cold and rainy. Now back here again, with winter approaching, it's cold and rainy again. We started the day the best way I know how, watching my soap opera's Home and Away omnibus (all the week's episodes on Sunday morning with no commercials) for the final time.
After getting ready, doing last minute laundry, and packing, packing, packing in an attempt to finally contain everything we came with and have since bought, we timidly ventured out into the blustery rain. We walked in search of souvenir shops, for last minute purchases. We soon discovered that Wellington has few of these stores compared to Christchurch and Auckland and the other touristy towns, and after walking in the rain for 15 minutes, the only one we found was closed! We decided instead to visit NZ's most famous museum (also on our Monopoly board) Te Papa, to see if we found it any different than we had when we visited it on our first day in New Zealand.
Excuse the messy hair...we've been in the rain all day!
Afterwards, we headed to Mac's Brewery for our last meal in New Zealand. Keeping with tradition, this was the first place in New Zealand that we ate at and sampled the local beer and fish and chips. We cozied into a booth in the bar, reminisced about our trip while enjoying our last kiwi food, as night fell on our last day.
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