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Hello! We have now been in not-so-sunny Wellington for a week and the whole week's excitement happened last night. We had an absolutely lovely evening which was a much needed and welcome break from flat hunting, job hunting and spending as little money as possible. At this point thanks must go out to our food sponsers Fi and Dunc. Thanks guys, we love you! Our evening started with drinks at a fab little caf' around the corner from the YHA, the Hummingbird. Frankly we were looking fab, the first night we've got properly dressed up since we arrived in NZ. It's been hard (for Katie!). I'd wanted to go to the Hummingbird ever since I found out it served a cocktail with Appletizer in. I had it yesterday- the Strappleberry- and it was the nicest drink I've ever tasted! Katie described it as "All of the Opal Fruit flavours in one!" Then we went for tea at a restaurant by the waterfront. And what a meal it was! We both ordered lamb shanks with mashed potato and a tomato, basil and garlic sauce. It was heaven. We didn't speak, for we couldn't. We savoured every mouthful. Mmmmmmmmm. Then we went to see Bic Runga (a Kiwi singer-songwriter). She was ace, but the support act, the flight of the conchords, was mega! All the more so for being so unexpected. They were comedy-musicians. No one can describe the aceness of them. Bic's band (including Neil Finn of Crowded House!) spoke more than she did, she seemed a little shy of the limelight, but that didn't make her performance any less wonderful. She almost did an impromptu performance of 'Sound of Silence', but didn't. Jah. Today, after finding we could do little flat-wise or job-wise, we caught the bus to Seatoun and walked along to the Chocolate Fish Cafe, which used to be frequented by the LOTR's cast. We saw Peter's oscar again, as we passed his house twice. It's really not what you'd expect. Small, a little shabby, and right next to the road where anyone can peer in. We played it cool though and donned our shades to walk past. So that's all for the present. Back to the fray tomorrow xxx