i went to wellington today for work and it was very good actually.
my taxi picked me up at 5am to make sure i got my 7am flight. but in fact he made such good time i managed to get the 6am flight instead. i had an entire 6 seat row to myself, but it was absolutely freezing. wellington itself was cold too – a welcome relief from humid auckland
so i celebrated with a slap up breakfast in the railway station. it was great sitting in a traditional cafe with a big window watching the world arrive by train. although it also meant people stared at me eating a big breakfast through the window
i had a couple of really good meetings and had my lunch on the quay looking out in to the harbour
in the afternoon i had a meeting with a chap from the regulator on a street called ‘The Terrace’. i wasn’t entirely sure where it was so thought i’d start at one end and work my way along it. unfortunately i had to walk up about 200 steps (or so it felt) to get to the street. and guess what, the street slowly sloped downhill for a kilometre and i was a the wrong end !
but the weirdest coincidence of the day was at Wellington airport where some sporting stars were signing t-shirts. i did a google for the sponsor’s name which was written on their shirts and it transpired they were Fiji team from the recent Wellington Seven’s tournament. I watched with a amusement as these rather muscley fellows said goodbye and went through security to their flight.
i was sitting near the x-ray machine and the last player through pulled out a big metal trophy cup from his bag and put it through the machine much to the delight of the security guards.
when i got home esther was doing her current affairs/news quiz homework. one of the questions she asked me was “who won the NZI Seven’s rugby cup this year”. And, yup, you guessed it, it was the Fiji team and i’d seen the cup just an hour and a half earlier !
and in other news the girls have signed up for tennis lessons with perfect timing as the new season of lessons starts tomorrow !
the picture above is of the dessert we had last night at our friend’s house (we went there after kezia had written the daily blog). I’m sure these are called something and used to be very popular along with babysham and snow ball drinks in the 80s. but what are they ?