{"id":4795,"date":"2022-12-20T17:51:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:51:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:51:36","slug":"day-48-wellington-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4795","title":{"rendered":"Day 48, Wellington waterfront."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, December 20, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feeling like I am in a spy thriller when I take the service elevator, but then it seems I have more in common with the homeless once I get on the street and can\u2019t go inside anywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am feeling fine! Jim is still testing negative (but my cousin\u2019s Jim is now positive). Sorry about that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We walked down to the waterfront from our hotel, stopping to eat a spring roll on a bench along the way. Wellington is a bustling city! Lots of people on their lunch break, enjoying the beautiful day, eating by the water. We saw 6 swimmers group together, swimming parallel to the shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dinner in our room, heated up in the microwave while we watched Bondi Beach Rescue on the Telly!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E.jpeg?resize=610%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ED1869D7-A78E-4E81-A5D2-C809FD9B7F0E-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wellington waterfront<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"460\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?resize=610%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?resize=1024%2C772&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592AECFD-2556-4E97-949A-97256F6E7128.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Whimsical water fountain from a pole that moves. The seagull loved it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393.jpeg?resize=610%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2637D16-A26F-44A0-9D3B-75F8A5F33393-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The inner lagoon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"460\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?resize=610%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?resize=1024%2C772&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CA2709E6-467F-464E-BF15-77D6827ECBDE.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wellington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"813\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-768x1024.jpeg?resize=610%2C813&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/7B07F18F-935C-4F2F-8CAE-EC7671AF1060-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some sort of shepherd\u2019s pie. It was very good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E.jpeg?resize=545%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4801\" width=\"545\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9A9E666B-CD41-4BAA-8548-6B2A419F765E-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It was fun watching Bondi beach rescue after having just been there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Feeling like I am in a spy thriller when I take the service elevator, but then it seems I have more in common with the homeless once I get on the street and can\u2019t go inside anywhere! I am feeling fine! Jim is still testing negative (but my cousin\u2019s Jim is &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry","explorer-thumbnail-icon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5p6Ax-1fl","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4810,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions\/4810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}