Elke Schwarz with her children Robin, Marius and Lukas. Photo / Dean Purcell
Things are looking up for a family of German tourists who had their car and belongings stolen and then came across a woman apparently selling their clothes the next day.
The Schwarz family found their blue Honda Odyssey abandoned on Beresford St in Freemans Bay around 3.30pm yesterday.
The car,
which Robin Schwarz had bought to use during a five-month stay in the country, had a smashed window and the headlights left on.
The car was empty — the luggage inside gone — but Schwarz was over the moon to have it back. "I'm really happy, I can't explain my feelings."
It had been a traumatic few days for the family, since returning to a central Auckland Wilson carpark on Saturday evening to find their car had been stolen with all their possession including their passports.
