After leaving the Auckland airport at 7:15 we managed to find the Manukau City shopping center and the restaurant where the Rotary Club of Manukau City Sunrise meets. We arrived a few minutes after the meeting started and were introduced by President Kirsten to the Rotarians in attendance. Leanne Cummerfield was there as well and a few others that I remembered from our trip in 2005. The RC of Manukau City Sunrise hosted the GSE team on our trip to do the Tongariro Crossing. We had a few minutes to speak after the meeting and headed off to our hotel in the Parnell district of Auckland. The day was glorious with beautiful sunshine and temperatures in the mid 20’s but quite humid. Mary and I grabbed about 90 minutes of sleep, as we were able to check in early. We awoke about 11:30 and showered and headed off on the link bus to downtown Auckland. The bus ride is about 15 minutes and dropped us at the Britomart. We walked over to the viaduct area and selected the Loaded Hog restaurant for a light lunch. Afterwards we headed for the Sky Tower and took in the aerial view of the surrounding Auckland suburbs. The view was outstanding with hardly a cloud in the sky. We managed to connect with Kerry & Brian and met up with them on the viaduct after Kerry finished work. Kerry had heard of a fantastic Italian restaurant not far from the Auckland Art Gallery. The food was tremendous and it was so nice to finally have meet Brian after hearing so much about him from Kerry over that last several years. Sadly the evening was over far to quickly and we headed back to the hotel and crashed into bed and were asleep in a matter of seconds.
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