Wellington, the capital city
Dear readers,
From today on the end of this blog I would like to show you something more about New Zealand landscape. What do you think?
Apart from Auckland, that is the biggest city, there is the capital, Wellington. I really love that city because it seems to have a nice soul and the style of buildings is more European. I feel a little bit closer to my home maybe.
Wellington is situated in the south of the North island, near the geographical centre of the country.
Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing Parliament and the head offices of all Government Ministries and Departments, plus the bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in New Zealand.
As you can see, the shape of the New Zealand Government "Beehive" is quite peculiar. The Beehive's circular footprint (rotunda) is an elegant and attractive design feature. However it is also quite impractical, as many of its rooms are wedge-shaped or asymmetrical, with desks and other office furniture at awkward angles.
Wellington's compact city centre supports an arts scene, café culture and nightlife much larger than most cities of a similar size. It is a centre of New Zealand's film and theatre industry. Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival are all sited there.
This is me outside the Te Papa museum.
And now some pictures of my beloved city and its region.
The harbour. Isn't it beautiful?
The seaport at night.
Can you see the airport behind me?
Ivano and the area around Wellington.
Here we are on the coast close to our previous house.
Dear Leila, thank you for your comments! I love kumara and I love barbeque here!! It is amazing for me seeing that bbq is so common among kiwis. In Italy is not like that.
Honestly I like eating just cook meat without sauces but here it's impossible.....they put sauces everywhere. Did they do that also when you were here?
Habooba, I think that in a way it is true. New Zealand is far from everywhere, you have to catch the plane if you would like to visit other countries and this is, in my opinion, an advantage and also a disadvantage. You will find animals, plants and traditions that are peculiar to this Country as well as signs.. ahahahha!!
Hi Marianna!
It's nice knowing about healing plants, I reckon. Also here there are rainy days but temperature is very nice. A weird thing I noticed here, people don't use umbrellas!!! It is strange but maybe it's because you will never know how the weather will be so it is not so important protecting yourself from the rain.
Thank you again for reading my blog and see you soon!
Ciao
Rosi
Comments
Hello Rosi. Having seen the picture of New Zealand has reminded me that both countries(your homecountry "Italy" and your hostcountry "New Zealand"),for me, have the shape of a boot. Everytime I see Italy in a map, I see a boot trying to kick the ball which is Sicily and about New Zealand I see it like a boot upside-down broken by the ankle. See you soon.
Dear Rosalba, sorry about not commenting before. I've found out this blog some days ago and I'm still reading what you've written. I'm planning a trip to New Zealand, maybe next year. I hope I can discover as much as you did. Best wishes Maycon Ps.: Thanks to share this experiences with us.
Hi Rosi, Thank you for answering my questions and introducing those beautiful birs in NZ and Wellington to us! As I couldn't go to the South Island when I was in NZ, I'd like to see the beautiful sceneries in the South Island. By the way, Do you want to live in NZ for a long time(or for ever)? or are you planning to live some other place a few years later? If you are going to leave NZ in the furture, where do you want to go next time? All the best.
Hi Rosi, What lovely pictures you posted! Wellington looks fantastic and both of you seem to be a nice couple. Hope you're enjoying your stay in NZ. Do you plan to live in NZ long? What about your job Rosi? Do you work many hours per day? Do you enjoy working in NZ? See you, Cris
Hello Rosi, I have to say that you've done a great job and wonderful photographic work. The pictures are splendid. This time I've been late with my comments so apologies for that. Ciao, Naheed
What a shame Rossi. I'm so sorry. I really beg your pardon, and this goes to Leila too. Both of you are very interesting and intelligent women, but I realize it's always embarrasing to call someone with someone else name. Just let me give you a little explanation. Before write my last comment, I was reading your post and the comments of other bloggers...ando one of those was from Leila. And that was the source of my mistake. After my apologies, let my tell you thanks four your post about birds, and the beautifull pictures. I learned several things on it. The Wellington harbour seems absolutly amazing. Keep writing. Bye bye.
Hi Rosi I've been reading your blog for some time and I really love it. It's informative, beautiful and what I like most is your wrting English skills. Your English sounds very good to me; I would like you to give me some tips on how to improve mine from your own experience?!.Second, I really want to know about the level of study there? Is it good like USA or canadians universities? Thanks a lot in advance. Keep the work up. Bïa
Hi Rosi,thank you for your pictures from NZ ,so fantastic place.I have not been to NZ,it impress me deeply.
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