Around Auckland

Hey Everyone,
Here's a few pictures of my flat and some that I took when I first got to Auckland, and some that I took at night just a few days ago. Again, I decided to have some fun trying to spiff them up in HDR... I put the before & afters adjacent to each other.
I'm really enjoying this city. When I first got here I still haden't gotten my bag back -- the airline told me that it was now lost. But thanks to the numerous "Op-shops" (2nd hand stores) I was able to get a bunch of clothes for relatively cheap. Most of these are around the harbor (harbour), which is at the end of the main street, called Queen St.
My apartment is just across the street from AUT (where I'm going), which is just across the street from University of Auckland (where Alyse is going); the three line up parallel to and about a block away from Queen St. It's all terribly convenient -- I walk everywhere I need to go, but I probably walk more in LA between parking spaces and destinations.
Kiwis like to rag on Auckland for being overdeveloped, but by my standards it has quite a bit of parkland, clean streets, and for a city of 1.4 million is pretty quiet. Oh yeah-- Auckland has 1.4 million people. there are 4.2 million people in New Zealand. That's 1/3 of the population!
Hmmm... not too much of a cohesive story here... I think I'll put in a better one next time.

Cheers!

David