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On
the next segment of the trip to Wellington, our darling tour manager
Julia tried to get us in touch with New Zealand animated comedy and
popped in a video called "Footrot Flats, a dog's tale", chronicling
the adventures of a stereotypical new Zealand sheep dog, called "Dog"
and his owner and all kinds of neighbor and other animals ... bursting
into song and dance from time to time.
I guess you have to be born and raised a Kiwi to really be able to
completely appreciate the humour in it. But it was still somewhat
interesting, when suddenly a surprise nap-attack hit me and I dozed
off.
We arrived save and sound in Wellington and had just enough time for
a shower (and running to find a cybercafe) before we left for our
optional dinner at "Little Gringos". Outside seating in heavy winds
... The dinner concept was (besides a first drink) continuously coming
Pizzas (which were pretty boring by the way) accompanied by potato
wedges, fries and garlic bread.
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After
an hour or so, 12 of us hopped on cabs and went to Westpac Stadium
to witness Robbie Williams in concert. The weather got even more cold
and windy and everyone was freezing. The security controls were somewhat
weird: one girl was asked if she has a camera in her bag, and was
then asked to remove the film from it ... but no one actually checked
if she did (and no one wondered if I had a film-less cam in my pocket
:)
The concert was OK, I hardly knew any of the music and Mr. Williams
has an ego way to big for my taste :) I left about 10 minutes before
the show ended to dodge the crowd, and walked all the way back to
town. The place of choice in Wellington seems to be the "Fat Ladies
Arms", a bar / dancing place. Way too loud as I found out later, pretty
impossible to carry a conversation. So around midnight I went back
to the hotel, and a very nice night person brought me a huge back
of ice, for my "swollen ankle" (my main excuse to ask for ice at a
hotel bar, for making my own Gin & Tonics up in my room) so I could
have a nightcap and phased out, while the TV was still running :)
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