Sunday, July 4, 2010

Skating in Rotorua




Saturday July 3

Today was a free day which gave me an opportunity to do some exploring of my own. I accomplished this by riding my long board through downtown then along shore of lake Rotorua which was beautiful.

Also located near the lake is the Rotorua Museum which is in a building that use to be a bathhouse that was a major tourist attraction in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was pretty interesting especially the section of the had you use your other senses in addition to your sight to experience the artwork.

I came across a farmers market while walking on a trail that weaves through some trees and around some of the many hot pools located in the area. The market at first seemed to be in a hidden and rather strange location but it soon became aparent that in fact it was just that I had come from a weird direction. I purchased a couple of lamb kebabs and meandered through the market while I enjoyed them. It was a good day.

4 comments:

  1. Great pictures! We are home from SD. It was finally not so windy on Sunday so we were able to go to the river. It sounds like you are already experiencing the NZ culture. I assume you will be headed to Dundin soon. We missed you this week-end. Everyone was interested in hearing what you are up to. Love, Mom

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  2. Like the pictures from cousin Don and Deb

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  3. al maybe some pictures of some of the girls?

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  4. I'm headed back to LA tomorrow! We had a REALLY FUN family reunion this year, except Texter missed it because he was constantly texting. I made him put the phone in the other room for one game of Tell, and his fingers were jumpy - he couldn't take being without his texting thumbs going.

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