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Auckland NZ /Mon Feb 4 /Tue Feb 5

We spent last night (Sun Feb 3) at a hotel in Nadi, Fiji and caught an early flight to Auckland New Zealand this morning. 
View from our hotel in Nadi
Flying into Auckland


We had a much easier time going through immigration and bio-security than we did when we were here 4 years ago. Last time it seemed to take forever! We arrived at the ship around noon and settled back in quite quickly. Although it was Monday for us, it was Sunday back in the US so Larry was able to watch the Super Bowl!

Tonight Crystal had an exclusive shore side event for the world cruisers. It was called '100 Years of Military History' through dance and song. The event was held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum which is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. We were tired and thought about skipping this event but we did go and ended up meeting some interesting people. Here are a few photos from the evening ...

A military band played music as we entered the museum.
 
 



Last time we were in Auckland we had a private tour that took us to all the main sites in and around the city so today we decided to walk around the downtown area. It was a beautiful day and we spent time in the CBD, Albert Park and the university.



We set sail at 6pm (Tues). After 2.5 sea days we'll arrive in Sydney - around 3pm on Friday Feb 8th.  
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