Best Western Cherry Tree Lodge Christchurch

The tradition of wearing poppies for November 11th should find its way to the USA. I found this day especially meaningful to see everyone wearing a red poppy in remembrance of all the soldiers who fought and died in WWI and WWII. A special bridge here in Christchurch bears the name, Bridge of Remembrance and it wore festive drapes of flowers and memorials today.<br><br>I began the day out of ...

... enough money! We got in to the French mood and bought some pate and bread for lunch which we ate by the bay in the sunshine. It was very nice! After lunch we then made way for Christchurch and found a nice little place in town to camp for the night.<br><br>Christchurch<br>Unfortuna tely we didn&#8217;t get the chance to do many touristy things in Christchurch because we were pretty busy. We firstly had to go to the Spaceships depot and say goodbye ...

... I'll be dead then! I had the window open and sucked in the cold night air as if it was my last breath before drowning. Stressful. Downstairs, not much better. Waking with an arm jammed in a broom cupboard, nose pushed onto the seat back or a foot caught in a seatbelt buckle doen't do it for me. Late night pacing inside &amp; circling outside were the norm. I have as much chance of sleep as K-Rudd has of saying r-r-r-re-re-rec.. er.. economic downturn. Day 4 - We parked in the centre of ...

... in all of these hut locations there is the hut for the regular trampers, like Kristen and I, and the rich trampers...the ones on "guided walks." I don't know what those huts are like, but I will assume they are nicer... At Routeburn, there is a new guided walks hut being built, and some of the workers had music playing. So as I climbed the final few steps to the Routeburn Falls hut I heard U2 blasting. Not surprising, I ...

... and a check in the box if it is happening. To me this seemed bizarre. Why would you not leave the box empty if the activity is not taking place.....but I didn't go there with him. I asked why the flight was cancelled, and he said it was because of the weather-bad storms on the coast. As it turns out, the storm system that brought our whale watching trip to an early end blew on through the East Coast of the island and went down to the South West Coast at ...

... ont repassera. Mais ils sont sympas ces Kiwis et je vais leur donner une chance. Mais qu'ils essaient de me la servir celle la sur mon navire, surtout avec le nom qu'il a, et ca sera pas la même affaire. Y vont avoir un cours d'histoire en accéléré du type « Wake up call » Comme le disait un de mes copains, « Y crérons pas a ca ! ». Quand même rigolo, ils ont installé une chambre froide a moins 6 degrés avec de la ...

From Kaikoura we headed towards Akaroa, but first we stopped at near by Okains Bay to see the highly recommended scenary. We made a stop at the local Maouri museum and then went to a campsite on the beach. I even managed to get Chris to play a little frisbee on the beach before settling in for the night. Again it was a site with flushing toilets and showers, but it felt a little more rural. We were starting to think that this would be the level of ...

... way from the Barossa just for tonight, and that was also exquisite even if Hutchy &amp; Bex weren't so keen on that one! Some people have no taste ;)<br><br>After the banoffee pie we tried to squeeze in some luxury cheese &amp; biscuits, but by now Bex &amp; Hutchy had given up trying to keep up with Katie &amp; I and wisely opted out! <br><br>Bex &amp; I were able to end the evening talking to our Mum &amp; Dad &amp; sister Sam on the phone ...