Sunday, April 9
Erin writing-
Today was a kick back day. After breakfast, we took the bus into the city and went to the Botanic Gardens. We took the cable car up to the Botanic Gardens. This is the only public cable car still in working order.
The Botanic Gardens are pretty big and very pretty. Given that it is the fall, going into winter for them, much of the blooms were gone. However, we visited a rose garden that was very pretty.
This is a fountain in the gardens. 
This is the rose garden from an herb garden above it. 
Isn’t it beautiful?
There are many silver ferns here in New Zealand. This picture is of the silver fern as it grows new shoots to unfurl. This is a common picture and symbol that we have seen throughout our travels. 
We have seen this in paintings, pictures, post cards, t-shirts – you get the picture.
After the Botanic Gardens, Abe and I went to a movie, Keeping Mum. This was a great movie that we were able to watch in a wonderfully comfortable chairs. We went to dinner and then went home. Abe got ready to start another week of work!
Tags: Wellington
abe_wick
April 11th, 2006 at 11:20 am
HI, Still loving reading about your adventures, thanks for posting regularly! The ‘beasts” as Pops would say, are doing fine. They are missing you! love, mom/momma pat