Spent the afternoon wandering around the very compact downtown area of Wellington. Hub of shopping activity appears to centre around a couple of intersecting pedestrian malls: Manners and Cuba. Cuba Street appears to be the "happening" (in a Main or Commercial Drive kind of way) area with clubs, restaurants, shopping. Guy dragging around a big cross.. (barely visible in pic). You know, the usual.
Had some amazing fish and chips at Wellington Trawling Sea Market (great name). Cost: under $5 Cdn. No cod or halibut here so today's fish was moki. Fresh kiwifruit going for about $2 Cdn a kilo. Easy to find a good bottle of Aussie or Kiwi plonk for under $8 Cdn. Fresh local cheese abounds.
Saw a booth for the Comedy Festival which is underway and have been talked into seeing some sort of "card ninja" act later tonight. Yes, comedy with playing cards. Apparently it's much better than it sounds.
I am still getting a handle on the vibe but I will say the city is very quiet, even when the pedestrian traffic is heavy. No honking cars! Architecture-wise I'm getting a San Francisco meets Edinburgh thing. Of course Wellington smells so much better than either of those cities. It was unpleasantly windy at times but I can imagine this place looks awesome in the sunshine. Apparently I'll be waiting a few days for that.
In any case, I'm glad I brought a warm wool hat and rainjacket because I've used them both already. Lots of indoor activities here so shall probably hit one of the museums tomorrow.
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