Auckland, from the east coast to the west coast. Part 1.

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and it is more like our, European, idea of cities than any other. For those who are not afraid to walk a lot through the city there is a route through the most important tourist places of Auckland - Mount Eden, Auckland Domain, Memorial Museum, One Tree Hill. The route is 16km long, but I got over 20. I left at 9am and got back to the hotel by bus at 6pm.

001 - this is how I saw Auckland at 9 AM

003 - with free breakfasts on the rooftop

The entire route is marked by signposts with arrows indicating where to go. And the arrows are two colors, orange when you go from east to west and blue in the opposite direction. The signposts are clearly visible if you follow them, but since. I went my route first, I only noticed the first orange arrow at Auckland Domain 🙂

005 - left the route to get closer to this yacht

006 - for a change, one yacht was pulled ashore

015 - I lingered among these trees for a long time

016 - it's unclear how they grow like this

The top says that the foundation stone of St. Paul’s Church was laid here in 1841, and the bottom plaque commemorates John Frederick Churton, the first pastor of St. Paul’s.