Night and day…

We were coming to the end of our approximately one-week stay in Auckland, New Zealand and when we got back to the house in the evening of our 5th (5½) day there, we started to do a bit of packing…and that night, we did not go out for dinner and my friend’s hubby went and bought home some pizzas for everybody from the New Zealand original chain – Hell’s Pizza…

– one of Melissa’s favourite eating places in Wellington. Hey!!! I was told that for takeaways, they would place the pizzas in coffin-shaped boxes but I was quite disappointed that other than the little crosses in the boxes, there was no such thing.

This one was supposed to be the most popular – the Serpent…

…with smoked salmon and stuff but you can call me boring , uninteresting, not very adventurous or whatever but I did not really like it and would go for the usual such as their pepperoni one…

I’m not too sure what it’s called but I think it’s probably Lust (pepperoni, salami, ham, bacon & cabanossi lashed with your choice of sauce).

I was o.k. with the Hawaiian too…

…which probably was the Greed (double ham, double pineapple & double cheese). I wouldn’t think it was the Envy (salami, ham, onions, mushrooms, pineapple & bacon).

For the sides, we had the crumbed camembert…

…and the kumara chips…

…but this was the one that actually took my breath away…

– the Unearthly…

…with its very nice topping of berries, bananas, chocolate and custard. This was the first time ever I had a sweet pizza (which was not really sweet actually – just nice) and I truly loved it so very much!

Thanks to my friend’s hubby for all that…but I would say that none of those could beat what we had the next day. For breakfast. we had these lovely curry puffs…

…that my friend made herself and I can dare say that of all the pies and savoury stuff that I had during our stay in New Zealand, there was none better than this one…

They were so absolutely delicious that I wished I could have more and more and more. Unfortunately, there weren’t that many to go round. Hehehehehehe!!!!!

We were now in the 6th (6½) day of our stay and we would be leaving at around past midnight that same night but that did not stop us from going out one last time – do come back and see where we went and what we did and our “grand finale” before we said our goodbyes…

Men and women…

Women are from Venus and men are from Mars, or so they say…but come to think of  it, are we all that different? Many women love shopping and some men do too, I guess…but I wonder how many men would enjoy browsing around a shop selling kitchenware…

(Ummm…shouldn’t that be “where people meet those who love to cook”…or “where people who love to cook meet”?)

Not many, I’m sure…but when we were in Auckland, New Zealand, my friend would drop by any that we passed along the way…

…just to browse around and look at some of things…and I guess my missus enjoyed that too…

…and as it was almost Christmas, they had some specials on display…

The things were not cheap though – that train or was it Santa’s sleigh on the left – the red and white one with the candy sticks sticking in it…was over NZ$100, don’t play-play you!!!

We went window-shopping at this huge place called Sylvia Park too and there, I spotted this car…

Gosh!!! Some men may love ladies in sexy leopard skin outfits but I really wonder how many would want to drive that! But perhaps, a woman wouldn’t mind being seen in a car like this? I wouldn’t know – you ladies would have to tell me.  LOL!!!

We did not buy anything there…and after walking around the shops for a while, we stopped by here…

…for tea. If you remember, my missus bought a bar of chocolate an outlet of theirs in Wellington though that one was very much smaller than this one. Hmmm…I wonder who, do you think, would love chocolate more – men or women?

That was their entrance inside the complex and this was the one from outside the place…

Of course, you would get to see lots and lots of chocolates…

…in the cafe…

…and for every drink you order…

…you would get a chocolate free…

There were six of us so we were given six different types of chocolates. I reckon women have a lower resistance for freebies such as this, am I right?

Somebody ordered a quiche…

…from the selection on display…

…but I did not try that so I wouldn’t know if it was any good.

But quite frankly, I think I would very much prefer such savoury stuff to anything sweet…like chocolates. What about you? Do all the men feel the same way too? What about the ladies?