So many of you may not get the reference in the title, but stay tuned to the end and I’ll attempt to explain my aged and arcane reference. In the meantime, the following are some photos of our sunny afternoon excursion to Devonport, New Zealand.
Devonport is a cute bayside village directly across the Hauraki Gulf from Auckland. We took a short, 10 minute ferry ride to get there. With both trains and ferry, we use a transportation card provided by the home owner which provides a discounted fare over buying a straight ticket and it keeps you from having to stop and buy a ticket before boarding each time. This was super nice of her, and we plan to leave her with the cards at the amount they had on them when we leave.
The tourist map of Devonport that we were following indicated that there was a park area on North Head, so we were heading to the top of the hill to see what was there.
From North Head, we walked back to the little town center to check out the popular Victoria Street with one of the most intact collections of Victorian and Edwardian commercial buildings in Auckland as well as a very cool, and well-used Library.
We noted a few other, random sights as we strolled around Devonport.
So, growing up (in Wisconsin), our living room had a davenport (sofa). I’m not sure as an adult I have ever heard that term used for a sofa, but I was reminded of the term when I heard about Devonport. Googling the term Davenport to see if I was misremembering, I found that this was the name of a series of sofas by A. H. Davenport and Company. Due to the popularity of the furniture, the name davenport began to be used generically for sofas much like Kleenex for tissue. So there, if you have any complaints about the dated, obscure reference, you can “sit on it.”
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