Welcome To My Neighborhood

Good Evening! Today was a fairly standard (but wonderful!) day filled with pre-reading, a uni computer lab session, study group, lecture, workout and Davidson Fellows tasks. The rain that's been going on all week subsided in the late afternoon and everything was looking incredibly green, so I decided to make the trek up Mount Eden and take some pictures for you all! I also took some shots of my flat and the village.

My front door.

Fresh summer flowers and produce in an organized kitchen makes me smile

Garden study session

Looking toward Mt. Eden Village. My apartment building is just out of sight on the left...

A path leading up Mount Eden

Top of the mountain : )

A view of the iconic Sky tower. The ocean on both the east and west coast, the Auckland Museum, Rangitoto (an island) and much more can also be seen from the top of Mount Eden.

A blurry shot of an always-bustling cafe called Frasers in the center of the village.

After one run and one walk up Mount Eden in the same day, I decided to treat myself to a dinner of Israeli cous cous with grilled veggies and mozzarella, basil and olives at Frasers. Delicious! I sat outside with my date for the evening, "Apollo's Angels." : )

A pretty display window at an Italian home wares shop. I have a crush on those lamps.

The Heineken Open is going on this week in the nearby village of Parnell and I was hoping to make it to a match at some point this week, but I waited too long and all the tickets are sold out for the rest of the tournament. There's a party after the final on Saturday that I'm thinking of going to though.  There will be several kiwi bands there. I hadn't heard of any of them, so I looked them up on Itunes and fell in love with an artist named Barnaby Weir. If you want to listen to his work, it is on the Itunes store, but you'll find a better selection of songs if you change the country to New Zealand.  Also on the to do list this week is to see a presentation about "Summer Stars" at the Stardome observatory in Cornwall Park. I'm thinking planetarium + a picnic in the park sounds like a great evening : )

I'm looking forward to another busy day tomorrow! Until then...
Lots of love,
A