New Zealand - Auckland

On the ferry to Auckland city !







Arrival Auckland!!!

















Breakfast before go explore the city .











Stop at a nice library on the way to Auckland's art gallery. Unfortunately, most of the gallery space was close for the installation of The 4th Auckland Triennial.









A break at the Gallery's cafe esplanade.





Visiting the Modern Art Gallery.















And, the John Leech Gallery .









Japanese for lunch.







Next stop, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a cultural and spiritual touchstone for New Zealanders.











Includes priceless Maori treasures, amazing natural history, daily Maori cultural performances.










Wonderland:The Magic of the Rose, an exhibition about the fabulous tales of love, passion and secrecy that have made the Rose revered by royalty, praised by poets, and enjoyed by gardeners and the world.









The afternoon ends... time to savor the flavors of New Zealand's ICE CREAM (if you don't mind me saying), to DIE for !!!





And take the ferry to Waiheke island, a quiet tropical paradise in the Hauraki Gulf.