A Sunday of Adventures....

We headed into Wellington two Sundays ago and went to the Zoo with Fiona and Sam. It was, well, a zoo. Nothing special really, aside from the Kiwi we saw. Couldn't take a picture of it though because of the lighting, they like to stay in dark places and thus we couldn't disturb them! We did meet a very friendly Giraffe as you can see below. It's coming up to sniff Kel.

Here are a few cute otters. I just like the picture of them together, there isn't really anything special about them!

Now this guy.... what a wierd looking bear!! It's a Malayan Sun Bear

And just a monkey for show!

After the zoo, Kel and I stayed in Welly while Fi and Sam headed to a Netball game. We hung around the city for a while until this 'dinner' we heard about -- I posted about it a couple weekends ago, before we had actually gone. It caught our attention on a flyer because it said it was an all-you-can-eat vegeterian dinner for FOUR DOLLARS! Definitely sold us on that and we didn't pay much attention to the Yoga session that was also written on the sheet.





So we arrive at the place around 5:00pm and get lead into a room to sit on the floor and watch singers perform. Keep in mind here when we got the flyer, we received it from people like this:

So we're sitting in a big room with dim lights and 5 people on a stage singing a song. And the song has 3 words and repeats the entire time. They did this for the first 15 minutes straight.

Ok, Kel and I thought. We're open minded. This is fine. Then... the song continued. Another 15 minutes went by and the finally stopped the song!

Oh good! We can eat that delicious, vegetarian meal now, we thought. But no, we were wrong. A performance started and gave us the history of 'Hare Krishna'. I had no idea what this was... nor that I was getting an education on it this evening, but kel and I sat through it and learned a bit. This theatrical performance lasted around 45 minutes, and was somewhat enjoyable.

Yes. We will eat now!

Wrong. Again. The 'leader' of Hare Krishna was here to talk to us. And talked, and talked, and talked. We learned about the history, the start of this following, who was doing it, where this guy had traveled to tell people about it and much much more. Then, it was done.

And then, they started the song again. 3 words, repeated, for 30 minutes. NOOOOOO!

It was almost 3 hours after we got there that we finally got to eat. And oh, was it worth it!! We sat down to a nicely dressed table with a cold drink waiting for us, and this wasn't just any drink, it was a lemonade with infused tea and lavendar in it!! Delicous!! Then the meal came and was amazing. There were a variety of veggie items- lasagna, salad, pasta, sauteed veggies and other things I can't even remember!! We stuffed our faces. When, just as the performance kept going, so did the meal. Out came dessert! It was homemade ice cream. And, they had a vegan option for Kelly!! Perfect. This capped off our experience with Hare Krishna's, and we headed home.

Kel on the other hand may, or may not have returned.... that's for her to disclose.

*Side note, nothing at all against Hare Krishna's from me. I think they were lovely, friendly, open people. Just the whole singing for 30 minutes straight and having it be the same words repeated took me out of it! But to each their own.