Wellington, 1

We got into Windy Welly about noon on Sunday, debarked, and quickly made our way to the Harbour City Motor Inn, in Te Aro, 6-8 blocks from most everything in Welly's centre ville. We're here for a few days, almost a week, so we took our time moving into our studio room and then went for a long, exploratory walk, mostly along nearby Cuba St., Wellington's funky district.

Approaching the harbor

Downtown Wellington from the central harbor

Much of Cuba St. is pretty old (by NZ standards) but there
is also a bit of Art Deco

Much of the outdoor sculpture in Wellington--and there is
much of it--has to do either with water or with wind;
presently we wish rather more of it had to do with warmth
and sun

Ditto

Of course, with all the charm and interest of old buildings comes a warning

Sic transit, Gloria...once home of the Bank of New Zealand, now Home of the Whopper

Inventive, too

Fidel's, on Cuba St; actually, Cuba St. was named after a ship, not a country; Cuba
Libre! anyhow

One of the better seafood markets around...I had the fish and chips one night later in
the week