A Foot Bath In Rotorua

IT WAS COOL AND SUNNY WHEN WE VISITED ROTORUA TODAY.

RENOVATION WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THE HISTORIC MUSEUM BUILDING. 

AFTER A SPOT OF SHOPPING, WE WENT FOR A WALK AROUND KUIRAU PARK, A MID-CITY GEOTHERMAL AREA THAT IS FREE TO VISIT.

OF COURSE, A TOOTSIE SOAK IN THE FOOT BATH THERE WAS A COMPULSORY ACTIVITY.

THERE WERE TWO FOOTBATHS AVAILABLE TO USE.  THE HOT MINERAL WATER LEFT MY FEET FEELING SILKY SMOOTH AND I FELT QUITE RELAXED AFTERWARDS. 

A SLOW WANDER AROUND THE PARK WAS VERY PLEASANT. ONGOING MAINTENANCE KEEPS IT MOSTLY SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT.

THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT SCULPTURES SCATTERED AROUND THE PLACE. 

WE SAW SEVERAL AREAS WITH STEAM, BOILING WATER, AND BUBBLING MUD. SOME PLACES WERE MORE ACTIVE THAN OTHERS. 

LUNCH WAS A GOURMET PATRICK'S PIE, EATEN IN THE CAR BESIDE THE LAKE.  A THERMOS OF HOT TEA MADE THE PERFECT ACCOMPANIMENT.

THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF MOUTHS THAT WANTED A SHARE OF MY MEAL.

I COULDN'T RESIST AND SHARED SOME OF THE PASTRY WITH THEM.

THERE WERE MANY MORE BIRDS OUT ON THE LAKE.

IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE DAY OUT. I IMAGINE I WILL SLEEP WELL TONIGHT!

MARGARET  xx