Ponsonby Road is the name of a street in Auckland that is renowned for its shopping and many eating establishments. Blane and I spent an entire morning/afternoon there just walking, window-shopping and eating. It was a beautiful area and we had a great time. It was also our first adventure on Auckland's bus system, since we didn't yet have our first rental car. It was pretty easy to navigate with my nifty bus map!
We started the day by taking a 40 minute walk to this cafe that I'd read about: Richmond Street Cafe. We had breakfast there and it was pretty good!
Our ever-present lattes. Mmmmm :)
I had the omelet with caramelized onions, cheese and "rocket," their word for mixed greens.
Blane opted for his usual-scrambled eggs and sourdough toast. But he surprised me by adding their "avocado mash" because our server recommended it. Yayy! It was really good too.
After breakfast it we walked around the neighborhood and then back to Ponsonby Road for some shopping!
A cute little neighborhood grocery store with sandwiches and lattes for "takeaway" (to go) too!
I absolutely loved all the character in the houses we passed along our walk. This one in particular was really cute. I hope to one day have trees like these lining our walk. And that porch! Some yummy house deliciousness don't ya think?
These are just a few pics of things that I found interesting from our window shopping. The Pantone-themed mugs reminded me of my sister, poi dancers reminded me of Rianna, and I thought it was cool how proud the Kiwis were of their country too :).
A peak inside a cute shop, some delightfully green calla lillies (the only way I like 'em! haha), the hubby shopping in the outfit he chose to wear that day (I didn't realize it at the time, but my Mom saw the pic of him and said, "What is he wearing?!? Haha) and an upside-down Mini Cooper. Nothing strange here at all! There was lots to keep our eyes and feet busy on this one stretch of street.
A quick shout out to my beloved peony-yes, they had them in New Zealand and it was springtime there so they were beautiful!
We wrapped up our day on Ponsonby with a late lunch at a little cafe. It was simple food prepared very cleanly and it was just the thing to cap off a wonderful afternoon.
Here we are on our public bus ride back to the city! Phew, we made it ;)
No worries!
Aim
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