Moving a tiny car in the belly of one of these giant sea monsters is a timeconsuming feat. Lining up one hour prior to departure, then eating the previously picked up breakfast (very clever) while talking to a nice guy from DOC about didymo algae, moving over ramps, parking very, very close to the others and then leaving everything behind to not be the last person looking for a table with socket underneath at the passenger decks. Then – three hours of talking, reading, eating and not getting seasick – until arrival in Wellington, where it basically takes another hour for leaving the monster (unharmed, just a little dizzy).
![Good Morning, Picton!](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0005_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Just bought breakfast, yay :)](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0006-HDR_1600-640x360.jpg)
![A first look from the passenger deck.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0010_1600-640x360.jpg)
![There are lifeboats, that's reassuring.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0044_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Picton piers.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0012_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Driving out in the Sounds.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0083_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Beautiful colors on our cruise.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0067-HDR_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Jodel! Another ferry!](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0022_1600-640x360.jpg)
![There's someone waving on the upper decks lol.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0025_1600-640x360.jpg)
![More inspections revealed the true purpose of the lifeboats: They are for lunching.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0082_1600-640x360.jpg)
![... which we take seriously but weren't allowed in the boats. Ate our meals in the restaurant area instead.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0075_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Hi Wellington!](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0096_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Time on the seaside walk around Te Papa.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0114_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Te Papa Tongarewa - Museum of New Zealand. Our favourite museum so far!](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0101-HDR_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Love (not-so-windy) Welly!](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160419_0109_1600-640x360.jpg)