+ Auckland / Wellington 1990 + Japanese
July to August 1990. I staied during summer vacation in this country, it meant winter, using the income of part time job.
The purpus is English study, I staied in a normal home in Auckland which is the biggest city in this country. I spoke "Broken English" but they tried to communicate with me with much patience.
Kind host father booked the ticket to Wellington at his office, I flied to meet my second family in a weekend. To visit Wellington, which is cooler than Auckland, I bought a warm jacket in a second hand shop.
Each place of the language school, staying home and my second family with relatives celebrated my winter birthday in August. I was very happy and we enjoyed the lovely parties.
By the way, my old suitcase which I bought before this journey, is dreaming in a closet of my room.
Thank you dear my partner, are you happy for being my travelling mate?


Auckland
The north entrance of this country. They call this city "City of Sails" then many sailboats are at anchor. The host family and I walked around some wonderful places each weekend. We enjoyed the short trips enougth.

Auckland Zoo
The big birth day present for me. I was eagerly glad to see the animales with kids. We saw the pretty "Kiwi Birds" too.

He eats me!
The old camel with much hanger, tried to eating my hair! After taking this photo, I washed it with icy water. It was a precious experiece, wasn't it?

He likes walking
Elephant Walk. Inside of the zoo is territory of them then we human-beings are strangers. He enjoyed walking and exchanging greetings with his friends using his nose.

Naughty Kids
The little noughty gang of stay home. They ware quite cute with strong personalities.
Michael was gentle and took care of me everyday. Samuel was the most naugty one. But he loved his little sister very much. Merany was quite inquisitive girl. She enjoyed playing with her brothers every afternoon.

Garden Pool in Winter
The family pool in winter. During the summer time, kids play in it everyday with pleasure, but it was full of silence.

I stay here1
Nearby the stay home1. It is very convinient to live. It was quiet and safe.

I stay here2
Nearby the stay home2. You can see the corner of a flower bed on both sides of road. They mean "Zebra Crossing". At these part, every driver slowed down the speed. I felt the differs from Japan.

Twin Rainbows
At the Auckland Bus Terminal. I saw "Twin Rainbow" for the first time. So happy!

Thoughtful
The large beautiful Albert Park. People took a walk and an afternoon nap here everyday with looking for the Venus Stature. You can see the Clock Tower of The University of Auckland over there.

Fire Fighters
Some fire fighters came to downtown suddenly. And they went back immediately.

Harbor Bridge
ヨットを見に港に行った時の写真。街の中心部と住宅地の半島を結ぶ橋。もちろん通行料は無し。日本と違って、ハイウェイも無料の国だから当然だけど。

Tim & Jim
街の写真屋さん。この袋にできあがった写真を入れて渡される。そのデザインが気に入って、現在でも大切に保存している。

So cute!
農場を訪問した時の写真。子羊は突き上げるようにミルクを飲む。その力強さに生命力を感じた。それにしてもなぜこんなに可愛いの!

Farm Barber
うつろな瞳の羊。始まりは大暴れするのだが、どの羊も毛を刈られている間に、目がトロンとしてくる。慣れた職人ならば、約1分で1頭の毛を刈り終える。 羊の素肌は以外に脂っこく、ベトベトだった。

Fly to Wellington
オークランド空港を空から見る。大切な家族に会うため、ウェリントンに向けて出発。オークランドとはしばしのお別れ。


Wellington
金曜の授業が終わって、大急ぎで空港へ。ウェリントンの空港では、1年半ぶりに会う大切な家族が出迎えてくれた。 週末だけの滞在にもかかわらず、隣人や親戚がたくさん訪れて大賑わいだった。

Second Original Home
トムソン家の前で。日曜日の午後、再びオークランドに戻る所。「大好きな家族と離れるのは寂しい」って、表情からありありとわかるでしょう。

Air New Zealand
「サービスの良い航空会社」と言われるニュー・ジーランド航空。サービスは行き届いているけれど、スチワーデスの香水が少々強かったのが印象的。

Fly to Auckland
ウェリントン空港を出る直前。翼の向こうには別のAir New Zealandの飛行機が見える。ロゴマークのモチーフはシダ。 これはラグビーチーム「All Blacks」も同じ。10m以上にまで成長するシダは、この国のシンボルとも言える植物なのだ。


Options
Departuring from Narita Airport
出国直前の成田空港にて。ニュー・ジーランドが冬ってことは、日本は夏。この年、私には「夏」がなかった。

Suddenly! in Sidney Airport
わー!!!ビックリした。帰路、オーストラリアのシドニー空港に着陸した時のこと。
この旅行では、往復カンタス航空を利用したため、当空港で乗り換えだった。「世界一安全な航空会社」として有名なのに、こんなこともあるのね。 それにしてもなぜ、私の席だけ酸素マスクが落ちてきたのでしょうか。言わずもがな、あちこちからフラッシュが光って、眩しかったよ。