What a lazy Saturday...got up around 10 am, but didn't manage to leave my room until around noon. I need to do some gift shopping before I head home, and wanted to go to the mall in Petone since it's got the only Canterbury store in town.
I got there in a roundabout way - but I did get there! - and managed to exercise a considerable amount of self-restraint, not adding a single Canterbury item to my already ridiculously large collection. I did eventually find a shirt for Charles, but no luck on the other items on my list...didn't realize that a lot of the stuff I'd wanted to take back is so regional. I also picked up a merino sweater I'd been eyeing for a while...not Icebreaker (on my 'if-i-still-had-a-real-job' wishlist), but still nicer than most we'd get in the States, and less than half the price!
A potato curry & naan dinner was too appealing to pass up, especially with the hills-and-harbour view from the food court, and then I headed back to the city. Toby, one of the instructors from the sailing school in Opua, had texted me earlier in the week to let me know he'd be in town Friday - Monday, so we made plans to meet in town for the rugby match. His friend Tom, also from Opua but living in Taupo now, met us at Te Papa and we headed to a sports bar to watch the game. The All Blacks won 44-12, although there was still grumbling from the NZ side about the quality of the game, and captain Richie McCaw is out for 6+ weeks with an ankle injury sustained early in the second half.
I just barely escaped from going clubbing afterwards - the boys were very convincing, but I've got the race tomorrow and I'm determined to do it especially as the entry fee was somewhat outrageous!
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