Sumner Oceanview Apartments Christchurch
6 Marriner Street Christchurch, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
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Magnificent scenery and magnificent spirit
... us fill the afternoon by taking us for a walk through some quake damaged sites in his neighbourhood, including his own house. Shortly after we got back to Paul's current home, there was another tremor, apparently of magnitude 3.9. Nobody seemed to turn a hair although, if the tremor had reached 5.0, the match might have had to be postponed while the stands were checked! The match itself was a great and emotional
occasion, with an official opening ceremony, ...
Kia ora NZ
... for about 7hrs as well). The seats are perfectly fine but donīt really recline as much as South America semi cama bus beds so sleeping is not as comfy.
Anyhow we walked the 15mins from International to the domestic terminal to check in for our flight to Christchurch. There is 3 poles with 3 free internet terminals each in this terminal, we managed to get two. You are in theory restricted to 15mins each but can just log back in again and ...
Tale of woe
... a doctor. I must have banged my nut and knocked myself out. Being diabetic, Kim erred on the side of caution and got assistance.
I was fine except I had an almighty powerful pain in my right shoulder joint. Quack advised me to see the local GP the following day which I did. Doctor said it was bruised, paracetamol and a couple of days all would be ...
Earthquake damage
... that had a sign saying 'Danger, Do Not Enter' and all the furniture had fallen on the floor. I did not go into the house, just looked in from the doorway. Part of the road I walked on had broken away from the curb, and there was glass on the floor from broken windows from the buildings. I came across some flowers which had been attached to the fences for the deceased. They are currently rebuilding ...
Jail-break
... 8211; slip slops (known as jandals), some weird little bee toy that kids pull along on a string etc. Basically, these 2 old ***** went nuts after 30 years and started to dolly up their house (in the 1960s) in the most embarrassingly distasteful way. People then started to come and visit them. I think they were married for something like 60 years. Hokay… I am not sure whether the room was a replica or the real thing, but we were then invited to go into their lounge and ...

