Settling In At Pukehina
Saturday, we slept late and then headed into Te Puke (remember, it's Teh-Pook-eh) to stock the larder and upload the previous couple of days' blog posts. The shopping available in Te Puke is strictly utilitarian. There don't seem to be any craft-y or antique-y stores that cater predominantly to the tourist trade. Most of the stores on the main street are also only open until 1:00 on Saturday. Does anyone in Canada remember the time when retailers cared a whit about having a life outside the store for themselves or their employees? I guess Wal Mart hasn't made it here yet.
We arrived in town around 1:30 (and hence missed most of the stores being open) and wandered down the main street in search of lunch. Strangely, many of the shops along the main street have heavy roll up steel doors that cover the storefront. Either Te Puke has a big history of smash and grabs, or a roll up door salesman went through town and did a bang-up job of pushing these things. I'm picturing a "Music Man" kind of scenario ... You've got trouble my friends ... Right here it Te Puke ...
The quest for lunch proved trickier than we anticipated. Aside from the stores closing, the bars and restaurants also close their kitchens between 2:00 and 5:00. We eventually found a little pub on a side street with a 5 item menu that had an open kitchen and got ourselves fed and "watered".
After lunch, Debbie did some grocery shopping while I did the internet cafe thing. The day was sunny and warm, and perfect for a little sit by the sidewalk, so We stopped for a sip at an Irish style pub (featuring "New England style clam chowder" - Classic Irish fare, I suppose ... as long as you don't want it between 2 and 5).
We then headed back to the cottage for a several hours of lazing about.
Since it was a quiet day, I'll just include a few pictures from around the cottage.
This is the view from the beach side. Notice the main floor side is mostly missing. Sliding glass doors cover the entire front of the building and they nest into each other as they are slid away.
This is the view looking in through the front toward the back (street) side.
This is a view from the kitchen toward the courtyard that is on the street side (behind the windows in the above photo)
And finally, here is a shot I took out over the beach at night with the moonshine reflecting off of the waves.
... and to all a good night
Don
We arrived in town around 1:30 (and hence missed most of the stores being open) and wandered down the main street in search of lunch. Strangely, many of the shops along the main street have heavy roll up steel doors that cover the storefront. Either Te Puke has a big history of smash and grabs, or a roll up door salesman went through town and did a bang-up job of pushing these things. I'm picturing a "Music Man" kind of scenario ... You've got trouble my friends ... Right here it Te Puke ...
The quest for lunch proved trickier than we anticipated. Aside from the stores closing, the bars and restaurants also close their kitchens between 2:00 and 5:00. We eventually found a little pub on a side street with a 5 item menu that had an open kitchen and got ourselves fed and "watered".
After lunch, Debbie did some grocery shopping while I did the internet cafe thing. The day was sunny and warm, and perfect for a little sit by the sidewalk, so We stopped for a sip at an Irish style pub (featuring "New England style clam chowder" - Classic Irish fare, I suppose ... as long as you don't want it between 2 and 5).
We then headed back to the cottage for a several hours of lazing about.
Since it was a quiet day, I'll just include a few pictures from around the cottage.
This is the view from the beach side. Notice the main floor side is mostly missing. Sliding glass doors cover the entire front of the building and they nest into each other as they are slid away.
This is the view looking in through the front toward the back (street) side.
This is a view from the kitchen toward the courtyard that is on the street side (behind the windows in the above photo)
And finally, here is a shot I took out over the beach at night with the moonshine reflecting off of the waves.
... and to all a good night
Don
posted by Don at
9:58 pm
2 Comments:
I have a question,What is the temperature of the ocean for swimming,pleasant I hope
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Anonymous, at 12:44 pm
Temperature about 70 (F). Chilly when you first get in and then it feels warmer - much like Ontario.
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Anonymous, at 7:46 pm
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