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There was not much time and a lot of work , but he managed to fit in a flying visit to the Capello Sistina ( Sistine Chapel ) , having to practically race through the Vatican Museum , rushing past all sorts of wonders , to get a few minutes in the Chapel . She still goes to lessons and has learned many new pieces - - in fact , she can play almost any song by Andrew Lloyd Webber that you care to name . Here they encountered Ian 's cousins Rod and Lorraine from up north , who were touring the country in their fully furnished pantechnicon ( parked in our very own back garden a month later on Rod and Lorraine 's return from their extended holiday ) . In late autumn ( i.e. April ) Pam and Ian returned to Great Barrier Island for a few days in a rather different style , this time flying over and staying in a communal house or " whare " belonging to Liz , one of Pam 's friends in the Auckland recorder group , along with the rest of the group and their husbands . New Zealand 's South Island would have been French but for the fact that a boatload of French settlers destined for Akaroa tipped off the colonial English when they stopped at Russell in the North Island , whereupon the latter boarded their fastest boat , raced down , and hoisted the Union Jack to welcome the settlers . Ian was a little leery , but Pam hired 1930-style costumes for each of us from the repertory theatre in Hamilton . Perplexed , another bird came to sit on the fence and watch the frustration before flying off effortlessly to show how easy it is . Last but not least , one day in November we set the alarm for 4AM and sat outside for an hour to watch the meteor shower , an exciting display of shooting stars - - did you see it ? That evening we sailed to Bowling Alley Bay , east of the Broken Islands , to get a good start for the 55-mile run back . In Germany we parted : Pam to London to visit her parents , Ian to Rome to visit the Food and Agriculture Organization , a UN agency that he is doing digital library work for. ( He came away with a cheque for US $ 50K for the research project , so it was worth it .