Auckland...

Sooooo, this weekend Laura and I headed up north to Auckland ! It was an hour and a half in the car and the views on the way were amazing !! Seriously... Everywhere you look beautiful green hills... Springs arrival is imminent, as told by the blossoms on the trees, the baby lambs and calves in the fields and the daffodils growing everywhere... Hmmmm sounds like Wales ! haha... Nah seriously tho !! Its gorgeous !!
So once we got to Auckland, we went straight to the Auckland Museum.. It was really cool cuz it showed you how New Zeland came about (because it is one of the youngest countries in the world) and other things, like where the Maori tribes originated and how the first people came to settle on the islands... And then there were war memorials, much like those in Britain, for the ANZAC's (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) who died in many different wars... There was much more than i thought !
Then once we had finished in the museum, we headed into downtown Auckland, and up the SkyTower... This is one of Aucklands main attractions... Its a big tower which you go up in a lift.. The lift is scary man !! Its like Charlie and the chocolate factory !! The lift is glass, with a glass floor, so you can see yourself shootin up into the air !! Wow... Then we stop at the viewing platform which is all inside, and is at 280m !! Here there are also glass parts on the floor which you can stand on and look down onto the city below !! Scary !!! Then we went up another 18m to the highest viewing platform.. Thankfully no glass up here !! Just beautiful scenery !! There is a 360 degree view of the city !! The harbour on one side and the city itself on the other... Gorgeous !
We then drove to One Tree Hill to watch the sun set... The tree isnt actually there any more cuz some crazy protestor guy cut it down ( he is now in prison for it), they are apparantly growin a new one to put up there... So that was that... There are some pics on facebook, but it looks like i have been photoshopped in!! I can promise you i havent !! haha... 100% real life..
On sunday, we went to Auckland Zoo which was awesome... Im 18 and Laura is 21 and we were more excited than most of the kids there who were bein dragged round by their parents !! Crazy stuff....

Hmmmm i think thats about it for now... Loves xxxxx