Wellington

It's November 24 at about 3:55 pm. We are in Wellington, NZ. It's the home of Weta Studios, the ones who did LOTR, The Hobbit, Tin Tin, Avatar....etc. We even drove past the various buildings used by the studios. Except for the Weta Workshop, none were labeled and looked very ordinary. Our tour guide knew them because he was actually an extra (elf-type) in the LOTR series. I think he might be in the Hobbit because he couldn't talk about it. I have his photo and will check when I finally see it. This town is really psyched about the premiere of Hobbit which is due in four days. There are posters, statues, banners, everything. We even met Sir Richard Taylor from Weta at the Roxy theater where we saw a short DVD about Weta. That was a real treat, he rarely does appearances or interviews. We also visited several filming locations. No props are left, but they had still frames from the movie and showed us the exact tree/hill/ etc. that was used. Very interesting.