s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Finishing up the Auckland trip:

Thursday

Brekkie at the hotel – a massive omlette with hash browns and grilled tomatoes. It was good, if a little bland, and I ate way too much of it. Have decided that that first day was not an anomaly, and the staff here are unhappy and as a result not, ehn, “customer focussed”. They must have a management problem. Wandered down to the waterfront at lunch — gorgeous sunny day. After class, Rowena and Shirley and I shopped our way up High Street & then met Sala for dinner at the restaurant at the base of the Sky Tower. Good fish, chips uninspiring, all of it overpriced. It was fun, though, hanging out with them.

Friday

I elected to brave the surly wait-staff and have another yummie waffle at the hotel, but they stuffed it up and it came out half raw. Boy, did that make me surly. I checked out (I think I scared the woman at the counter), checked my bag, and stomped down High Street until I found a bagel shop to supply me with an alternate breakfast. Felt better after that. Class ended in time for lunch, so Rowena and I hit the Aotea Market, then hooked up with Shirley to track down a blouse she’d seen earlier, then finally shared a cab with Rowena to the airport, where Shirley, Sala and I hoped to fly standby on a earlier flight. No luck there, so we sat around jawing outside Whitcouls for a couple hours waiting for the plane. (Six of us in that class, and five of us had to fly up from Wellington !)

All in all, a good trip. Learned lots, shopped lots, got to hang with Emily, play in the library, and get to know Sala and Rowena better. Yay !