23 degrees, sunny
Drove the couple of miles or so into Napier town centre. What a beautiful place. It’s a really attractive Art Deco town which looks like it has all been repainted yesterday. Not a spec of litter, peeling paint, graffiti or ugly building in sight ~ absolutely pristine like something out of a Disney cartoon.
We walked around the town looking upwards at all the beautiful building facades. They were all rebuilt after a massive earthquake in 1931 and have been maintained ever since.
We took my ring into a jeweller to see if it would clean up. They gave them all a clean for me but said the white gold is created by a coating of Rhodium or something and that the sulphur in the air at Rotorua had stripped this off my ring. It will need to be recoated when we get home. That’s not something they tell you about in the guide books. We are going back that way later on so will have to make sure all the jewellery is placed inside a sealed bag before we get there.
Had a wander round the botanical gardens which were equally lovely and then, as we’d had a late lunch, bought some bits and pieces (mostly alcohol!) to take back to the hotel to have an evening meal on the balcony watching the world go by.
