Today we visited the Auckland museum, which is located in
the park that we visited yesterday. It
was a rainy morning and for some reason our group decided to walk. After barely making it downstairs in time to
meet the group due to an alarm clock malfunction I was slightly confused that
we had chosen to walk in the rain. We
all made it to the museum relatively dry and in time to go the Maori cultural
exhibit. The Maori are the indigenous
people to New Zealand. They have a very
rich culture that has seemed to have been well preserved over the years. Many of the people that live in New Zealand
today are of Maori decent and appear to all be very proud of their
heritage. Check out this video of the
Maori Haka. This was a dance that was
used by the warriors to intimidate their opponents. You will notice them slapping their thighs,
arms, and chests, as this was a means of conditioning their skin for
battle. Today the New Zealand rugby
team, The All Blacks, preform the Haka before every match. Check out the All Blacks here.
We were all starving after the museum so we started walking
towards downtown with the hopes that we would find somewhere good to eat. Somehow, we stumbled upon a little Irish
restaurant and I had the best rueben sandwich I have ever had. This had the perfect amounts of freshly
cooked corned beef, sour kraut, swiss cheese, and a spicy mustard on warm
sourdough bread. It was paired nicely
with some homemade dill pickles and more spicy mustard that really brought the
whole meal together.
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