Day in Town

Saw Auckland anew through the eyes of my Australian visitor today as we sampled the sights of mid-town Auckland a trois.  Started by delivering 5kg of freshly picked guavas from our tree to Giapo who gave us an icecream voucher in return.  

Sampled Giapo Buono, Giapo's Special might be a good translation, and decided on that - caramel icecream with bits of wafery biscuit through it, decorated with roasted gilded hazelnuts and the glossiest Italian meringue squiggles possible, a veritable work of art. 

From there across Aotea Square we walked up to the pop-up Globe Theatre to see if we could get tickets for Romeo and Juliet or Twelfth Night but it was not to be.

Then we went to the Central City Library to look at the Shakespeare exhibition on at present, including copies of the First and Second Folios. I enjoyed reading a couple of the sonnets and a page of Twelfth Night, among other books of Shakespeare's time.

Back past the side of the Town Hall with it colourful flags.

Time for lunch at Smith and Caughey, a meaty mushroom and blue vein tart with a colourful salad with tomato chutney on the side - good value at $10.

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