March 13 - Auckland

This morning we slept in a bit before breakfast in the buffet. Michael is now getting his smoked salmon by asking for it at the omelette station so he's a happy camper.  Met our trivia buddies, Rob and Laury, and Chris and Marian again for a fun game where we won again - Princess water bottles this time.   We were a bit late getting into the dock in Auckland and then getting off the ship took a ridiculously long time for some unknown reason. We walked around a bit,  bought a pair of shoes for Michael and then took an hour bus tour of the city.  It's beautiful and I can see why other Americans have said they could live here.  The economy must be doing well because there's an awful lot of road and building construction going on.  Dinner with tablemates David and Louellen,  and Dan and Nancy and then I went to see The Greatest Showman in the theatre.

Tomorrow is Tauranga.