Class ends at 3:15 and my bus leaves at 4pm, so I always kill time wandering around the city. Yesterday, I took a different route and stumbled upon the COOLEST area: Vulcan Alley and O'Connell Street (and some other street that I can't remember). It's these narrow little side streets crammed with super cool shops, clothing, restaurants, cafés, etc. and it's all old architecture. It's really pretty. I was SO psyched to discover this because the Auckland I've seen (I'm talking downtown, center business district) has been pretty dull -- convenient stores, cheap clothing shops, tourist shops, lots of fast food and cheap Asian restaurants (catering to students, probably). Really, really dull. Granted, the CBDs in most cities are pretty boring, but I thought this was Auckland. As in, this is it.
It totally reminded me of when I moved to Philly and was living off City Line Avenue and thinking "This is Philly??? Philly SUCKS." I'll never forget seeing Rittenhouse Sq for the first time, or Northern Liberties. It was awesome. That's how this felt.
Of course, until I start working again, I won't be able to actually enjoy any of the awesome ckothing stores and restaurants, but it's really nice to know they're there.
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Let me know if you need me to send any Zubaz or anything while you're still in broke student mode.
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