Wellington

Wellington was a delightful surprise. I am convinced that it ranks up there with New York and Paris as one of the most artistic cities in the world. There appear to be more art museums and galleries and live theater and performance spaces per capita than any place I have ever seen before. Even the downtown public library had art and historical exhibits (... and this is without any homeless people. Come to think of it - where were the homeless people? I didn't see any.)

It probably did not hurt that Wellington Arts Festival was going on while I was there, as was the Wellington Fringe Festival. But any city that has interactive art exhibits (check out the Japanese Anime figure that clever guy is creating with those fridge magnet word pieces!) and puts multi-colored polka dots on buildings wins my heart. I LOVED Wellington and sadly was not here long at all.