Downtown Wellington

As we have said before, we work in the National Archives in downtown Wellington. We often go for a walk at lunchtime.  Below are a few of the buildings and interesting sites we have seen.

these first two (above) are just a couple of blocks from our building. They are next to modern buildings.

 These three photos are of one of the Parliment Buildings. The first shows a one lane roadway going to the rear of the building, with the adjacent street to the right going uphill. The trees, shown the second are growing out of the sidehill and just turn upward. I am amazed that with all the rain that occurs here, that they would slide off or the street  slide down. It was a very peaceful, beautiful spot. There are many quiet spots for people to sit in the downtown area.

 The two photos above show some of the beautiful homes nestled into the hillsides. This is about a mile from downtown.

The last photo is where we park. Most people drive small cars. Pickups are the midsized trucks in the US, like the Chevy Colordado, the Ford Ranger. They don't even sell a Toyota Tacoma-it is called the HiLux. All pickups are diesels here.  We drive a Holden (Chevy) Cruze, made in Australia. 

What I wanted to show is how tightly we have to park. There are actually 3 more cars parked behind me. Three on my right and one on the left. These stalls rent for hundreds of dollars a month.  We got ours paid for because of the work we are doing.