So its been a week since we last blogged, although it only seems like a day or two ago. Last week we carried on the job and house hunt. Thankfully we now found a place to live and will be out of Hannas hair today. The place is actually just up the road in Devonport and is only a few minutes walk to the beach, perfect as its currently 22 degrees and clear skies. Job hunt is still on the go, its getting a little quiet on the run up to xmas.
Over the weekend Hanna took us to the Matakana markets about an hour north of Auckland. They are famous foodie markets, we could have spent hours (and hundreds of dollars) there. We opted for many free tastings, and only snacked on Vietnamese rice paper rolls. There was also a local country band playing who suited the atmosphere and the weather very well. After we had had enough of the tastings we headed for Orewa and the beach. We took a walk along the beach and around the shops. We found an English food shop that had many treats from back home. Fun as this was the prices for some things were scarily high, a large box of PG tips priced at £2 back home was $16 which is £8. I guess they had travelled a long way but even that much mark up seemed excessive. We stopped for lunch in a cafe then headed back to enjoy the sun.
Sunday we explored the recently regenerated Wynyard Quarter. Renovated for the Rugby World Cup its full of restaurants and bars. There are also many boats moored along the front, some of which are massive ocean yachts for the super rich. These things were seriously massive in size but most impressive was the pristine condition all of them were in, every one was immaculate. After lunch in a cool bar we took a bus to Mount Eden. It's the highest peak in the Auckland area and offers an amazing view of the city since its only 3km out of the centre. It is also an extinct volcano complete with the cone shape crater. We missed the bus back to town but since the weather was nice we walked. Although walking became a funny game of dashing between city blocks and traffic lights as we had decided to try and make a specific ferry time back to Devonport. We must have looked a little silly dashing for the lights then slowing down in order to try and time the next set correctly.
Over the weekend Hanna took us to the Matakana markets about an hour north of Auckland. They are famous foodie markets, we could have spent hours (and hundreds of dollars) there. We opted for many free tastings, and only snacked on Vietnamese rice paper rolls. There was also a local country band playing who suited the atmosphere and the weather very well. After we had had enough of the tastings we headed for Orewa and the beach. We took a walk along the beach and around the shops. We found an English food shop that had many treats from back home. Fun as this was the prices for some things were scarily high, a large box of PG tips priced at £2 back home was $16 which is £8. I guess they had travelled a long way but even that much mark up seemed excessive. We stopped for lunch in a cafe then headed back to enjoy the sun.
Sunday we explored the recently regenerated Wynyard Quarter. Renovated for the Rugby World Cup its full of restaurants and bars. There are also many boats moored along the front, some of which are massive ocean yachts for the super rich. These things were seriously massive in size but most impressive was the pristine condition all of them were in, every one was immaculate. After lunch in a cool bar we took a bus to Mount Eden. It's the highest peak in the Auckland area and offers an amazing view of the city since its only 3km out of the centre. It is also an extinct volcano complete with the cone shape crater. We missed the bus back to town but since the weather was nice we walked. Although walking became a funny game of dashing between city blocks and traffic lights as we had decided to try and make a specific ferry time back to Devonport. We must have looked a little silly dashing for the lights then slowing down in order to try and time the next set correctly.
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| Lloyd pushed to the front for the spicy sample - he regretted it |
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| Matakana Markets |
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| "He's so attractive!" - Janine |
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| Perfect people watching spot |
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| Janine made a kiwi friend |
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| She's no angel |
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| Wynyard Quarter |
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| Mount Eden |
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| The now obligatory panorama from Lloyd |
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