Microbes and Mowgli in the Big City

We are about to head out for 10 days of camping on the south island of NZ so I thought it would be a good time to clear out the backlog and post up some misc. photos from our past few weeks.

We went to Auckland about 2 weeks ago to attend a microbial ecology meeting (a.k.a. nerd-fest). The organizers put us up in a very nice hotel suite. Can't complain about the view from our hotel room...

... nor did Luna complain about the bed/trampoline in her room.

Toddlers and scientific meetings are usually a bad combination, but Luna was awesome (and was probably better behaved than her father). She even attended some of the talks and managed to stay awake (with help from the Jungle Book).

Then it was time to visit a city park so Luna could pretend she was Mowgli escaping the tiger .

Auckland is really a beautiful city. Great food and scenery with fountains for baptizing a beloved blankie.