3/16/15 Wellington

We had a city tour this morning and stopped at Weta Cave.  This is the area where The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and The Hobbit were filmed.  The filmmakers have their production buildings here and we saw a behind the scenes film showing how the films were made including characters like Golum and all of the armor for the Lord of the Rings.  It was quite fascinating.  We then stopped at the Roxy Theatre - an art deco theater which has been restored.  We continued on our tour and went by the parliament building which looks like a giant bee hive.  We have the rest of the day to ourselves, but it is pouring out (remnants of the cyclone that blew through yesterday).  We went for lunch at Ombra (Lana had read about it in Sky magazine on the plane) and then walked back stopping in a few interesting shops on the way back to the hotel.  We are thinking of going to The Green Parrot for dinner later tonight.  It seems hard to believe that our trip is almost over.  We have just one more day here and then will fly back to Australia and then to Los Angeles.  We should be home on Thursday.