tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266930102012-02-16T02:00:36.286-08:00We at Ess And Ess (that's Sylvia and Steve) love to travel and want to share information and experiences with others who want to visit the same places. We are also looking for feedback on writing style as we would like to fund our travel habit with travel journalism.SteveShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06537347997914591499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26693010.post-1146499526101263352006-05-01T08:53:00.000-07:002006-05-01T09:05:26.113-07:00<span style="font-family: arial;">We've just returned from a trip to New Zealand and Australia. Whilst we try to set up our web site and process our images, I'll post some information here about the places we visited. Firstly I'll just give an outline, and just one area per post. If anyone wants more details then just mail me or add a comment. More places in a couple of days</span>.<br /><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city style="font-family: arial;"><st1:place><u>Auckland</u></st1:place></st1:City><u><o:p></o:p></u></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><st1:city><st1:place>Auckland</st1:place></st1:City>, at least the part we saw, is a city of the young and fashionable. The streets were filled with people dressed to the nines. Women wore skirts or dresses, men wore suits. This city portrayed affluence. There were more banks than stores in the main shopping streets.<br /><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal">Down by the sea they are obsessed with sail. There are huge sailing boats everywhere and challenging for the <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Cup is more than a national pastime.<br /><span style=""> </span><br />But <st1:city><st1:place>Auckland</st1:place></st1:City> is also a city of leisure and culture. There are several theatres, parks and wide open space and a most interesting museum. On the islands in the bay, they grow vines and make some spectacular wine.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><st1:city><st1:place>Auckland</st1:place></st1:City> is also built on top of a volcano which seems to bring a certain transience to it all.</p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal">To see iages of Auckland <a href="http://travel.essandess.com/kiwi/north/auckland/index.htm">click here</a><br /></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26693010-114649952610126335?l=essandess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SteveShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06537347997914591499noreply@blogger.com0