A tour of the peninsula, a colony of albatrosses.

Aritma's day off. We need to arrive to acclimatize, which is harder than we thought. The trip around the peninsula is wonderful thanks to the improved weather. The highlight is a visit to a nature reserve where albatrosses reside. Thanks to a lucky encounter with Sam, who is not only the reserve manager but also a curling umpire at the Winter Games, we not only see several nesting giant birds with a wingspan of around three metres, but also catch a glimpse of an aerial manoeuvre by one of them. On the way back to Dunedin we take some interesting nature scenes. A rarity in Dunedin is the steepest street in the world - Baldwin street. The local railway station is a beautiful building and the town centre is interesting with its octagon-shaped square.

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