Sorry for the delay in this post...I had typed a similar post a few days ago, but it somehow got erased. We didn't spend much longer in Taupo and made the rainy drive to Napier. Because of the rain we decided to do something indoors and went to the National Aquarium in Napier. It was actually pretty small and not that impressive, but they did have som very informative exhibits. There was an earthquake in Napier in 1931 and when it was rebuilt they used the art deco style that was popular at the time. Briana really likes art deco architecture and jewelry, so Brian was very patient while she took lots of pictures of the buildings and shopped around the vintage stores. The buildings have some really cool details, but the city pretty much shut
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