Day 6 and 7 and home.

Yesterday was another do nothing day – just bought some souvenirs and gifts, and then pottered around at home all day.
In the evening I took Estelle, Craig and Anjali out to The Bollywood Stars – an Indian restaurant that they often go to. Dinner was very nice, and very filling, and the coffee afterwards was also very good.
Afterwards we accidentally watched Joe Dirt on TV.
I’ll never make that mistake again.
Then I accidentally also watched Dusk to Dawn 3 – another experience I would rather not repeat.

This morning it was time to go, so I packed everything up, said my goodbyes and headed off to Wellington.
The drive was completely uneventful, but still rather pleasant.

On getting to Wellington, I drove around the city centre for quite some time looking for somewhere to park – It was a public holiday there, and not much was open, but somehow it was still very hard to find a park. Eventually I stumbled across the Civic Centre, and parked under the Library – which if I’d known to look for it would have made parking really easy.
I then just wandered around for a bit – the idea was to find a nice cafe somewhere and have a fairly leisurely lunch as I had about an hour and a half to kill before taking the car back.
Wellington is a really nice city – I’m going to have to make a point of making a dedicated visit to it next time I’m in New Zealand.
In my wanderings I came across the Dymocks on Lambton Quay, and it’s huge…the shop front makes it look rather small, but it goes back a looong way.
I also peeked in the Whitcouls a few shops down, and it’s even bigger – two floors of bookshop!
Sadly I didn’t really want to be spending any more money by that point, so I didn’t indulge myself at either store.

My quest for food was pretty much thwarted. It was a public holiday, and most places were closed, and I had decided that I was NOT going to settle for Starbucks or Mc Donald