Labour day
October 24, 2011
Today (Monday) was the “Labour day” public holiday (celebrating workers rights — not sure why we don’t do this on May 1st like everyone else, but it is a nice spring holiday). It was a lovely day.
The extra special feature was that the All Blacks won the rugby world cup in a very tense match against France last night. So there was a huge victory parade this afternoon along the main street of Auckland. We went along but the crowds were so dense (pun intentional) that we couldn’t see much. Still waved and applauded the plucky All Blacks and managed to get a glimpse of the gold cup being held aloft.
Then walked to “The Domain” (a big park near the city) for a concert and family fun day. There was a great vibe — lots of people with All Blacks face paint and waving flags. Mainly spent the time queueing with Eve so she could go on bouncy castles.
It is a pity the world cup is over. There was such a great vibe for the last 6 weeks. Now all we have to look forward to is the elections. Boring!
