Day 319 - Shoe Disaster Area

Today is the 2nd day of celebration for the Penafrancia Fiesta, which means, lots of people in one place. Which I guess also means, lots of shoes near your front door. Can you tell how many people are in the house just by counting the pairs of footwear here?

Day 318 - Berries for Brunch

Got coupons to the Riverbank Cafe & Bistro from the newspaper and so decided to use it for brunch today. I'm a sucker for coupons. And yummy yummy pancakes with berries.

Day 317 - Lechon Sandwiches!

My dad and I had lunch with my sister in the city today. And look at what we ate! Lechon sandwiches! :D They're not actually called that, but that's exactly what they are. And here I thought all cafe sandwiches in New Zealand were healthy. :P

Day 316 - Sunny Day = Travel Outside the City Day

Finally, a sunny day! And so we got the chance to go to the Putangirua Pinnacles, which my sister's soon-to-be father-in-law had been telling us about since my dad got here.

This is what the bush that we walked on our way to the Pinnacles looked like. Although we got tired from the walk, it was a nice day. :) The sun is your friend here in New Zealand.

Day 315 - Pancit Mountain

Today, my dad and I attended the first day of the Penafrancia Fiesta being celebrated by some friends here in NZ. As there were about 40 people attending, the pancit prepared by the hosts looked like this. I regret that I wasn't able to take an "after" photo, because this bowl had become empty by the end of the night.

Day 314 - All Whites

So I found out from visiting the museum yesterday that the NZ National Football team is nicknamed the All Whites. I'm assuming because the rugby team is called All Blacks. Kinda funny.

In this case, the title is all whites because well, would you look at that view? The snow made everything look so pretty. :)

Day 313 - Train Station

Today my dad and I went to Wellington CBD to have lunch with my sister. We took the train from Petone station. We had to wait in the station a while, and it started to snow. The lady behind the ticket counter was so distracted by the snow, she had a hard time giving me information about the train. :P

I made the photo black and white for a dramatic effect. I think it kind of works, yes?

Day 312 - Snow!

It's the first time to snow in Wellington in 40 years! Naturally, we had to go outside to see it up close. But it is still too cold, so my sister Z used an umbrella for protection.

Day 311 - Papa's Here!

My dad arrived in Wellington a few days ago, and for breakfast today, we went to a cafe I had a coupon for, Arabica in Petone. Hooray for coupons in the newspaper!

In this photo, he's about to eat fish cakes. And that's a cup of cappuccino in the corner.

Day 310 - Vanilla Bean Cafe

The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward, they say. And what a reward this was. :)

Whenever we eat at a new cafe, I always order french toast or pancakes, because you know, I wouldn't want to pay a lot of money for something I'm not going to like eating. But I thought ordering pancakes or french toast again was too boring, so I ordered this banana bread with lemon mascarpone, fruits and pistachio nuts. And, it's really really delicious. It's too bad the cafe we ordered this from is a bit out of the way. But maybe from now on, I'll be more creative with the food that I order.

Day 309 - Lying on the Grass

I was going to take a photo of myself lying on the grass in the Wellington Botanical Garden. But found the view of the sky more interesting.