Emma's Adventures

This week i feel all i have been doing is eating!! :) Probably one of the busiest weeks i have had in NZ since i arrived. Went to the biggest BBQ i have ever seen, in honour of John one of the chefs at the George who is leaving us!! :( We had every type of meat you can imagine with prawns, green lip mussels, every type of salad you could wish for. Just simply amazing!!

Sampled some of the local music at a festival known as Sounday here in Christchurch located in Hagley Park!! Some great acts performed including the Phoneix Foundation well worth a listen :)  Enjoyed a picnic consisting of brie, crakcers, tomato and advocado perfect!!!

Also had the opportunity to stay the George my place of work, 5* city centre hotel. Got a free nights stay with dinner in Pescatore our fine dining restaurant, got my flatmate Christian to join me at dinner where we eat 5 courses of delicious food i ate: Salmon Salad to start, followed by venison carpaccio, red snapper, raspberry souffle, followed by valhrona choc fondant an absolute delight really yummy thanks to Tom :)
also had brekkie the following morning consisting of a hearty serve of porridge and an omelette with the lot!! 

Found what i believe to be the best wee cafe in Christchurch so far which is C1 expresso awesome brekkie and good value tea at least 4 cups from the pot!! woop woop.  A girl at work Janafer formerly from NYC created  an awesome website which uncovers some of christchurches underground/alternative scene you should check it out. http://www.localvanguard.com/

Enjoyed the International Buskers festival in Christchurch this week where i went to two nights of stand up comedy and numerous street performances!! Christchurch was buzzing with travellers this week from all over the globe here to enjoy the busker shows. A really nice vibe around the city which i really loved.

Got some free cinema tickets from work so went to see Sherlock Holmes and Avator over the last few days, both good movies and would recommend either to watch on a rainy day.

Flat BBQ again this week probably Thursday or Friday this week which will be nice, we are still however waiting on the 7th housemate to move in, would appear that the room may be a little expensive for some people so the room remains vacant.

p.s reading an awesome book at the moment, a recommendation before i head to India! Shantaram is the title and i would highly suggest this for a read an outstanding story of a wanted man from Australia on the run, a story about his experiences of freedom in  Bombay, India described as a masterpiece a thing of exceptional beauty totally agree