THE POST OFFICE ONEHUNGA JUNE

THE POST OFFICE

After we arrived on the North Island as part of our first trip there, we hopped into the rental car and headed for the first little town where we thought we could get some real breakfast! [The muffins at the airport left a little to be desired!] Many of the villages in New Zealand are very similar! They are clean with all the homes nestled around their respective gardens. The "City Center" is usually a single street with a few round-a-bouts. The streets are lined with shops with an overhang from the buildings providing cover for the sidewalks. You can invariably find a shoppe that sells good coffee and an all day breakfast!

Onehunga was the first village we went through on the drive to Auckland. It is very quaint and picturesque and at the end of the main drag was an old Post Office that had been converted into a coffee shoppe! Our first impression was good and so we went in. They served a fantastic breakfast! We actually got our first bagel since leaving North America. I ordered a toasted bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese! [Capers aren't traditional here!] It was really good! I turned Laura onto bagels and Lox and cream cheese. She was a little surprised to learn that we often enjoy these up at The Stone Duck, especially when Federico is there! [I'll get her to like it up there yet!!] The Post Office sells great Columbian coffee and had an array of interesting Spanish and French espresso machines for sale. There was one I really liked, a stove top espresso machine, but it was several hundred dollars and I thought this would be too much for a souvenir! Besides, I needed some new socks!

This place is certainly worth a stop for anyone passing through Onehunga, New Zealand! Lunch and dinner also looks good. The assortment of cakes are also worthy of a stop over for afternoon tea!