Bridget’s Blog from Windy Wellington

Thursday December 10,2009

We are in Wellington. We went on a cable car ride to see pretty flowers. It went through tunnels. At the top there was a 100 year old cable car that we got to sit on. But the flowers were way down. (which means that we had to walk down some paths in the Botanical Gardens to find the flowers) We saw cactuses and I felt the end of the really sharp thing. It wasn’t really that sharp.

Yesterday we went Christmas shopping and we got to see Santa. It wasn’t the real Santa. It was one of his guests. I knew that it wasn’t the real Santa Claus because the real one is fatter and chubbier. But I didn’t get to sit on his knee. Later, I got to see heaps of Santa’s in a park. They were going to have a run around the town. (It was a running race and everyone was dressed like Santa. We have no idea where they got all those costumes) I got to talk to the real Santa Claus on a telephone. I just had to press the A button, then he talked back. He told me that he was practicing with his reindeer. I got to tell him what I wished for Christmas. We saw a big Christmas tree and it glowed and the top was beautiful. I got to sit under the tree on big bean bags. I got to look way up to see the inside of the beautiful tree. And we got to stay up late to see it all lit up. It is very windy here.

We went to an art gallery. We saw lots of dots outside and inside the building. One room was dark and it had lit up colourful polka dot stickers on everything. On the cups, the chairs, TV. (It was lit up with blue lighting and all the stickers glowed neon in the room) Another room was all dark. It had mirrors on all the walls with lights hanging down and water on the ground. People didn’t trust that there was water and some fell in. It was cool because it was weird on your eyes.

That’ s all, ok?!

Bridget