The
school winter holidays already seem like a distant memory, even though they finished
only a week ago. We spent most of the second week in Auckland, visiting the
same friends (G & C and their brood) we came to see back in 2009. I had managed
to see some of them when I came for work last year, but we hadn’t all been together
in four years, and DP and Miss B hadn’t even met the newest member of the
family, who’s just turned 2. So we headed over for four days of changeable
weather, kid-friendly activities, gabbing in front of the fire, and good food.
As
you can see from the picture above, I seized the opportunity to beef up the New
Zealand section of my cookbook collection. I was particularly pleased to buy Treats from Little & Friday in the café from which it originated, on a
short but very enjoyable child-free break with C. We got a chance to sit down, sample
the café’s famous doughnuts (filled with pastry cream and raspberry jam) and
have a few minutes of uninterrupted conversation.
A few other highlights from our trip:
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| Authentic Montreal bagels in Auckland - especially appropriate since DP and G first became friends in Montreal mumble years ago |
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| Admiring local produce at a French food market; had a chat with the stallholder about iPhones and left with a free bag of limes, along with six of those mini jars of jam and chutney |
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| At the same market, a chocolate fudge cake filled with berries and frosted with chocolate ganache; this stallholder insisted on giving me the biggest wedge after I finished oohing and aahing |
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| Paddling at Mission Bay; love the bare-feet-and-winter-clothes combo |
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| New shoes for everyone! |
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| Climbing Mt. Wellington |
What kind of adventures have you been having?
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