13,540 steps

Today we walked to the Queen Victoria market. Something we would not have considered last time we were here, but in reality only a half hour walk. It looked closed from the city end, and there were some stalls that weren't open, but still plenty of leather jackets, iPhone covers, socks and women's clothing to wander around. 

We bought a couple of bargains, found a Spanish café run by a cool couple that made pretty good coffee, and then hopped aboard a free tram to the Dockside area.

By then the wind was quite blustery so the tram was respite for a while. It must have been visit the city day for rural schools as we were surrounded by excited children at the market and dockside too! The amount of construction zones reminded us of Christchurch, but much of the work here was to update and add to amazingly gaudy 70s style buildings with multicoloured features. 

 

Unfortunately I can't seem to connect my phone (with all the photos) to the wifi so will have to update tomorrow.

 

Had drinks nibbles and microwaved, but yummy, meals back at the apartment later.