Grey today, but still warm. The good old BBC weather have been right every day. Lazy start to the morning checking email, writing blog, seeing what the UK has been up too overnight. I still cannot get my head around the time difference. It really is quite strange and I don't particularly like it!
Lunchtime we went to another suburb called Miramar which is home to New
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| The Roxy |
Zealand's film industry and has been since the 1930's and it is home to Sir Peter Jackson's empire. He has restored the local cinema here back to it's former glory and it is rather spectacular to say the least. As I have mentioned before, there is a great deal of Art Deco architecture in this city and this cinema is no exception. I was hopping to get up to Napier, another city to the east. However, like everywhere else there is not direct train that takes you there and you have to endure a 5-6 coach journey so it would have meant an overnight stay and it just hasn't happened. Napier is famous for its Art Deco architecture. However, The Roxy did not let me down.
We were there to see Ragnarok (again for me) but that really did not matter as I was taken back by the decor of the cinema itself. Like cinemas in London you can take your drink in with you and we also had an ice cream each with was frozen solid so it took a long time to thaw - excuse the pun! The film was
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| Just like the old days |
brilliant as I knew it would be as I loved it first time and after the film we spent time, well I did, taking photos. Miramar, like many other towns on the outskirts of Wellington is very small, but we did manage to find a couple of good charity shops where I purchased a new to me top $5 (£2.65) and another scarf, yes I know I have loads for $3 (£1.70). On the way home I saw a lovely necklace in a shop window with a beautiful red stone in it and treated myself to that too.
This shopping spree continued when we got into the next town where I treated myself to some more new clothes that were reasonably priced and are needed. Well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it.
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| Detail on a door handle |
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| Beautiful lamp |
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| Amazing Glass |
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Ditto again
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As you can see, I did take plenty of photos but hopefully it will give you an idea of how beautiful the building really was. I forgot to mention that there were a couple of The Lord of the Ring things there too, obviously no surprise.
Back home and I spent some time sorting out my case and stuff then went out for a few hours. I had a lovely walk along the seafront, just me and the sea, birds and my thoughts. It really was blowing and quite cold but rather nice. I had and needed an early night but needless to say, I could not sleep. Back to the old routine.
Once again, I will leave you with some photos of the day.
As always, with my love x
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| Gandalf |
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| Gollum |
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| Beautiful Art Deco |
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| Misty and cold night in Lyall Bay |
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| And this is how near I am to the airport! |
I love all the Art Deco
ReplyDeleteHello Sarah. Me too. There is so much of it about as well xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for the plane porn haha
ReplyDeleteHello Lee. My pleasure, I’m pleased you enjoyed them x
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