Sunday, July 19, 2009

**Winter Festival**

This weekend Karalyn, Christina, Ellen and I went to a winter festival in Petone, a little town not too far from Wellington.

winter carnival

There were all sorts of attractions like a really, really tall man!

man on stilts

and a man in a toilet! I'm not sure either, maybe it's a New Zealand thing...

man in toilet

The Dragon Wagon

dragon wagon

The Delightful Den of Oddities...

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...featuring, among other things, a bearded woman! The little kid in front of us went up to her and said, "Hey Lady, did you know your beard is fake?" Nothing gets past him.

woman with beard


And this native Kiwi who made the best pizza I think I've ever eaten!

pizza

There was also a donut shop (notice the police sirens on top!)

donut stand

And what winter carnival would be complete without roasted chestnuts!

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After we looked at all of the attractions we walked along the beach.

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the girls walking


pier

pier close-up

The beach was covered in these pretty seashells

shells

After the beach we walked downtown to grab lunch and saw the Lone Star Cafe and Wisconsin Burger!

lone star

Then we headed back to the beach to wait for the fire sculptures and fireworks show.

sunset

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Christina was not a fan of the cold.

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Here is a before shot of one of the fire sculptures.

fire sculpture

What is a fire sculpture you ask?

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Well, first you need something like these flaming arrows. How else will you light your sculpture afire? Then, just aim it at your sculpture and...

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****Note: at this point, my battery ran out, so I borrowed the following pictures from my lovely friend Karalyn****




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...sooo pretty...

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...sooo warm...

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