Days 14 &15

We crossed over to Dunedin and entered Edinburgh! There was even a piper playing. The rain accompanied us on our journey and it was rather showery. However we saw the world's steepest street and some people even climbed it! We also went to a viewpoint- but as we reached Signal Point the clouds came down and all we saw was grey mist. We walked around the city and saw the First Church established in 1848. It is very grand! The whole city is architecturally British. Today after a visit to Dunedin's railway station - quite amazing we wnet on to visit NZ's only castle Larnach - not so much a castle but a very stately home. Unfortunately the weather kept us from touring the grounds but it was impressive. We then went on to see the intriguing Moekraki boulders- thrown up by the pacific ocean and sitting on the beach like so many large whales. This afternoon we followed the Waitaki River to Omarama. Its still a bit showery but we hope for better things tomorrow, when we go to the Mount Cook national park. The scenery is glorious and the mountains are most impressive. Today we saw the Pacific grey and angry and turquoise and tranquil. We are almost at the end of this part of our holiday - it has gone so fast.