Cafe Hopping

Skyped with Sheryl and Herb, and then Roy and Tammie, for most of the morning. So nice to be in touch with family, it makes us feel way less homesick. Sheryl said she found flights from LA to Auckland recently for only $399; we told her to definitely jump on those tix and visit if she sees them again.

We drove to Miramar to try out the famous Chocolate Fish. This cafe, when it was in its old location, was the favorite hang-out place for the actors on the Lord of the Rings movies. The cafe has since moved to Maori land so it's on a restricted license-- it doesn't have the best view and it can't have a kitchen so all the food is sandwiches served on paper plates. Their sandwiches were nice but we didn't stay long. The old Chocolate Fish must've been amazing. The present cafe that that bought out their old building is in a gorgeous location.


I made a new cafe rule-- that if we don't get coffee with lunch, we're allowed to go to another cafe for dessert and coffee. Bryce decided he liked this rule, so off we went to Cafe l'Affare in CBD. It's a great Italian cafe with an awesome vibe. It's yet another cafe recommended by Sally at work. (Sally has also recommended our other favourite cafes: Havanna, also in CBD, and People's Coffee in Newtown). I had a pear-ginger slice and Bryce had a blueberry sour cream square. We walked around the shops after coffee but the city pretty much shut down at 4:00. It's still hard for us to get used to the condensed hours of operation of most stores.