Sunday, March 30, 2008

Busking at the Puhoi Farmers' Market

One of our Puhoi friends asked if our kids might be interested in "busking" at the Farmers' Market. Beth answered, "Sure, probably, but what's 'busking'?" And so we learned a new Kiwi term. Busking is playing musical instruments for free with a basket out front for the coins. Xavier and Quentin happily agreed. They were able to entertain the vendors and the shoppers for a half hour and hopefully, will be invited back. They earned a couple coins while we spent many dollars on bread ($10), scallops ($25), olive oil ($30), sausages ($8), lollies ($1) and ginger cake ($6) - no worries, it's all good.