Ruby made more than a friend at the museum. Emma and Ruby have made firm friends and Ruby played and stayed for the day. It gave Matthew and I the chance to really go for it with the cafes. First stop Duke Carvell,s in Swan Lane. Lorenzo is the man behind this venture and he and his family have a long history in hospitality in Wellington. Matthew took great pleasure in making me blush over the number of deep voiced tall men that appeared to be on sight. I don't know what he was talking about...maybe. This place is timeless and has a rich feeling. No minimalist moment to be had here!! We had great coffee and a chorizo salad to die for and gleaned more about the history of Wellington than we had previously.
We checked out Ernesto which is one of the Havana offshoots. This town has an incestuous nature in regard to the cafes and the staff. We saw the same staff working at three different unrelated cafes in the time we were there. The big names of Havana, Supreme, L'affare, and even Peoples Coffee were all very happy to speak positively of each other and there is a respect they seem to have for each other that we have not seen in other major centres.
We checked out some cafes that have good reveiws but didn't really live up to the hype and settled in for dinner before we headed out again to do some night shots of Midnight and Ernestos.
Ruby happily stayed the night at Emmas having been swimming and being schooled in things Chinese by Ellen, Emmas mum. A good day had by all.
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