Wellington Botanical Gardens, New Zealand

For our summer holidays we spent three weeks in New Zealand, I divided up the weeks between the North and South Islands. Our last stop on the North Island was in the capital Wellington. As with much cities there is lots to do and see, one of which was taking the funicular up for a lovely view.

It leaves from downtown Lambton Quay and you arrive in the suburbs of Kelburn in only 5 mins. We took in the views of the city and surrounding area and went on to visit the Cable Car Museum. It is free entry and very small so worth a look since you are up there anyway.

Afterwards we walked back down through the botanical gardens, which was a very pleasant walk. Obviously it depends on what the season is and as it was winter when we were there, there was not so many flowers. There were ponds, a Treehouse information centre, playground and rose garden.

Once we left the gardens we made our way back in the city centre and got a bit lost too, but we arrived sound and safe.

Alessio has been away this week on a cruise, which he enjoyed but would not go on another one though. Next week we are going to Barcelona and we will go to see another match of FC Barcelona. This time they will play against Sevilla.

Hope you are all having a great weekend

Botanical Gardens in Zurich

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Last week I went to the Botanical gardens in Zurich as a trip with the kids from my work. This is I think my 3rd visit to this place and this time we got to visit the giant greenhouses. The kids found them all very interesting one was very hot (which I could not wait to leave) and the other was cooler just the perfect temperature.

We stopped for lunch and then wondered around looking at the flowers and plants, there were so many and to be honest not really sure of the names. There were some really large lily pads which we all found quite interesting, there was a picture of a baby sitting in one. So whether that means they are strong enough to hold a baby, but since we had no to babies to test I cannot say!!

The day ended to a trip to a playground which I guess was the best thing about the whole day for the kids!

Happy Weekend!

Botanical Gardens Zurich

Thursday before the spring holidays I went with the children from work to the Botanical Gardens in Zurich, we were rather lucky with the weather. Once there we looked at the tadpoles in the pond and there were many as you can see from the first photo. Then the children were able to run up and down a gently sloping hill which they loved to do.

Afterwards we explored the different flowers and plants on offer sadly the greenshouses were closed for renovation but we still had lots of fun. This part of Zurich is nice and nearby there is a great playground where we stayed for one hour.