We drove into the city center and headed straight for the Sky Tower. It was noon so we stopped at KFC for lunch. Yum. We stopped at Minus 5° to make reservations. Then we headed to the Lion Beer Brewery. We hadn’t made reservations and it was completely booked. We asked if was possible that someone might cancel and we could get in. There were three others who were doing the same thing and we thought, might as well. I guess someone did cancel because all five of us waiting were able to get into the tour.
The tour started with a Star Wars inspired 2D hologram video and we walked through certain parts of the brewery. In the end we hung out in a bar and everyone had a beer. More like a few beers. I didn’t have any. I tried this Ginger Beer drink which was incredibly nasty. I kept taking a sip thinking it would get better – it didn’t. I’ll stick with Root Beer.
After the brewery we went to our hotel and checked in. We watched the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on TV and looked for a place to eat. We called the Sky Tower to see how much their all you can eat seafood buffet was and what the revolving restaurant was like. They both sounded good, but everything was full.
We called the front desk and the lady said there was a lot nice restaurants right down the street from our hotel. She mentioned there was a Thai or Indian or Mexican restaurant. We wanted Thai. Dave found a restaurant called Java House that we thought sounded good. We crossed the street and were there. It was this quaint little restaurant in the back of a building that you had to walk through an alley to get to.
I ordered Pad Thai while Dave had something with chicken and was a little more spicy. It was delicious. We both had chocolate gelato for dessert which was really yummy too.
After dinner it was time for the bar. It was so cool, literally. We put on big furry coats and gloves,which they provided, before entering the bar. There weren’t very many people, which was kind of nice. The bar was much smaller than we had expected. It was just one small room. But it was still really cool. It had a bunch of different ice sculptures. The chairs were ice. The walls were ice. The bar was ice. The glasses were ice. Our cover charge included one free drink. I ordered the Santa’s Sleigh while Dave had the Frisky Penguin. They all had a fruit Smirnoff vodka and a couple other ingredients. They were both really good. Mine was more strawberry and raspberry, while Dave had a stronger apple taste.
We stayed in the bar for a half hour which is your allotted time. We had our picture taken and just hung out. We were ready to get out after our thirty minutes. Once we were out, we bought our picture package and headed back to the hotel.
On the walk back to the car we saw a Pizza Hut scooter and got the craving for a late night snack. At the hotel we ordered pizza and watched the All Blacks crush the Portugal Team in the Rugby World Cup game. Rugby is an incredibly strange sport. We've watched it a couple times and have no clue what's going on. They pummel each other and don't wear helmets or pads. They probably think US football players are a bunch of girls.
On Sunday we went to the local fish market and saw tons of fresh fish for sale. It was gross, but cool. We stopped at Albert Park and sat by the fountain while the pigeons cooed around our feet. Do pigeons coo? From there we headed to Davonport where there is an extinct volcanoe. We went to the top of that and looked around. After that we went to a place called Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World. It had lots of fish ,sting rays, sharks, penguins, and turtles. It was a nice weekend away.
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