It was still raining when we got back to Wellington so we decided to spent some time discovering the Te Papa Museum. Known as the ' Museum on New Zealand', it hosts an inspiring and interactive look at NZ's history and culture. The design and location of the building, directly on the waterfront, makes it hard to walk past. Inside we found a wide range or interactive exhibits, art, Maori treasures, natural history and environment exhibits.
Wow they even have twenty-one etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) on display. The works, featuring religious subjects, scenes of daily Amsterdam life and portraits, very interesting!
We spent three hours soaking it all up and finished of the evening with a lovely meal of sushi with Lynne at a local Japanese restaurant and although I was totally full, I had to try out some boisen berry chocolate gelate. Hey I'm on holidays. Oink.
4 comments:
How interesting to read about your travels. The idea of a Blog is really neat. Like Megan said, "more pictures please". Norah
Thanks Mom. I will try and add more pictures. Take lots of time to upload them. XX
Rembrandt? Who knew NZ was so cultured? Good to hear that you're also eating what you want - it IS a holiday, after all. The gelato sounds great.....
Hey guys, hope all is well and I like reading about the journey so far. You should set up a roadside display and turn your pictures into prints!
Any New Zealand wines you would recommend that I could buy in Canada?
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