We drove to Wellington having just stopped for lunch at a seaside buffet-type restaurant, which was quite nice.
We were shown around the Parliament buildings area. Out of the three main buildings which stand next to each other the one which drew our attention was clearly the Behive. Standing in the parliamentary precinct stood the Romanesque-style Cathedral, Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, which we just saw from the outside.
The one we visited was the old Cathedral Church of St. Paul, known as the old Cathedral, which is an outstanding example of early English Gothic-style church adapted to colonial conditions and materials. It was consecrated in 1866 and is made entirely of native timber, including its nails. There was some sort of ceremony preparation involving a pianist and an event organizer, so we didn't have too much time to look at the stained glass windows as thoroughly as I would like to.
From downtown we drove up to Mount Victoria to have an overview of the city preceded by a quick look at Wellington's older city suburbs with its numerous and varied flat-fronted single storey colonial cottages with verandas running across the front or projecting faceted bay windows with corrugated iron roofs.
(To be continued)
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