Road trip: Wellington -> Napier

On Sunday we walked to the car rental, which was supposed to be in the city to get our car. Well, my “shortcut”, which included a walk over a bridge to cross the railway, was more like a visiting tour for the rugby stadium and so it took a bit longer until we arrived there. In addition the computer network was broken and we had to wait for our car even longer. Furthermore, when we finally had drove back to the hostel and got our luggage in the car (there was no seat left!) and was leaving the city, I noticed that I had forgotten my cell phone charger! Damn it! So I drove back again to the hostel and got it back.
After all we head up north and stopped the first time in Foxton, a lovely, small one street town, but they have a windmill and an electric powered bus, which replaced a street train.

After we visited the whole town, we went on to the East coast and arrived at sunset in Hastings where we drove up to a lookout point. The view was magnificent and after the sun was gone we drove to Napier, a town in “art deco” style. Not only was of the city destroyed in an earthquake back in the 30’s but also it lifted up the land around the town and gave more space for the habitants. However, they decided to build all the buildings in this new style with all of its cigarette, zig-zag, flowers or sunburst patterns. In addition the town has a beautiful public waterfront and a pedestrian friendly downtown and once a year the 30’s get alive again.