Reading and Roaming
As December comes to a close, I’d like to be optimistic that 2018 will be a more civilized year. This year has been challenging on the national level and reading the daily newspaper an exercise in anger, frustration, and discouragement. Just perhaps, things will get better in the new year, and we can again be …
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MEALS IN WELLINGTON We found Wellington to be a great food city. There are more restaurants here per capita than in New York, a fact cited to us several times. With our short visit, we only scratched the surface of good eating. Artisan. The weather was so miserable our first evening that we opted to …
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TRAMPING AROUND WELLINGTON Botanic Garden Thursday was clear and almost cold (50 degrees), but a good morning to walk. Our first destination was the cable car up to the botanic garden. Interestingly, since the incline is very steep, some affluent individuals have their own private cable cars to deliver them to their homes. This public …
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AUCKLAND DAY 2 Last evening we had a very early bite to eat at the Occidental Belgian Beer Café, a rustic dark wood place with a long bar and lots of low and high tables. The menu had many options for mussels (green-lipped ones very popular here) with a variety of sauces, and of course, …
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