Today has been hot 27 degrees, quite beautiful. We had friends around this morning from the UK my wonderfully eccentric godmother Pat her daughter and granddaughter who is on an exchange in the Navy. Sitting in our garden, which is wooden, all decking, we had a lovely morning tea with a blissfully well behaved Millie.
It is Auckland Weekend, and we have a public holiday on Monday. It is also the annual Aquatica fair at the viaduct. This is a celebration of the city of sails. Two things, in the uk it would have been a simply awful day out. In Auckland you can wander almost unhampered by crowds. Even maneuvering a double buggy through the event was simple. We got a seat for coffee at Portofino without any fuss and the wonderful Italian waiters had time to make a huge fuss of the girls. The second thing that was a disappointment, it is actually pants, especially for children. We did have a great time, we got the boat from Devonport had a nice coffee stop and wander. The Attractions were in the main sad, the kids area was empty and for good reason, there was nothing to do or see. I always hate sounding negative, I just get cross when there is a missed opportunity which is what this was. I'm sure tonight will be great, lots of bars and music but it is not a family day out and it needs more boats. there is a regatta on Monday which we'll watch from Devonport and we are going to take the girls to the fireworks. more later.
1 comments:
We went a couple of years ago and had a nice enough day but not enough to warrant going back.
I am not sure how I stumbled onto your blog but nice to "meet" you.
I have a Jonathan and a Rebecca, my oldest and youngest children.
Good to see you recommend Where to live in Auckland. I can say that because they gave my area an excellent write up, even though they made us sound all rather exclusive and out of most peoples reach haha.
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