The mojo coffee roasting shed is on the harbour just down the road from my hotel so that seemed like the logical place to go for my morning cappuchino. Today was devoted to shopping! Kircaldie and stains is an oldfashioned department store, in a beautiful building with very elegant things to buy, a great place to window shop. It has a small food department, nothing to the scale of Sydney David jones, but I added a few more foodie things to my bundle, and sampl...

When the weather is fine Wellington is the most glorious city. I awoke to clear skies and no wind! First stop is cafe l'affare, a coffee roaster and cafe that takes their coffee as seriously as I do. Across the road is food nirvana, otherwise known as Moore Wilson, a fresh food supermarket of the best of NZ and overseas. Some of the new local products I stocked up on.... Preserved limes, damson plum paste and freeze dried fruit - wait till you see what I bake wi...