Holiday Inn On Avon Christchurch

... as we travel further into the countryside the more remote they become. The scenery changes quickly from the city to the countryside, and becomes more and more remote with only a farm house every few miles or so. <br>We turn off the main road onto an even quieter road and head into the Southern Alps. We stop at a little cafe and the quiet as we get out hits me- its absolutely SILENT- it takes your ears a while to adjust to this as we forget what absolute ...

... did well to hold back! Then i hopped on another bus to the airport and rode the bumpy hour long flight to christchurch in the south island, where i met with laura and dan from uni and stayed at the ymca for the night. Friday i had an early 7am start to get the bus to porter heights where i had a ski lesson and spent the day on the slopes, for the first time ever. Was a bargain i thought at 75 dollars for a 2 hour lesson and the whole day, although after the first 30 minutes of the ...

... going to Invercargill to view the bike featured in the film "World's Fastest Indian". Good on ya Laurie! What a role player. Indians. Ol' Dolly &amp; I weren't too keen because of the timeframe, but Herr Laurie was, so he and WasherWoman bade us farewell and they were gone. The road was good enough and we were making ok time, but we found the area a bit boring after the dramatic landscape of the last few days. We stopped a couple of hours later for a feed of fish 'n chips. The road ...

... this, was awesome to see a familiar and friendly face, the first in over 10months! They also had their own 2day adventure that they can share with you all as I don&#8217;t know the full details yet myself!!!<br><br>Now it is time for a little insight into what we shall be doing with our time over here (as we are finally close to some sustained travel again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yippee!!!!!!! !). The plan: our contracts both finish end of September. Then it will be a week tour ...

... dolphins though which were so cute, do loads of acrobatics and jump and dance around in the water. very very cute. that night melena arrived with harriet adn megan so we made a rather eclectic dinner and drank wine and talked **** and just had lovely times. proper girly night, how ive missed them.. the next day me megan and melena were up at half 4!!! to go and swim with the dolphins. it was unbelievable. i thought maybe there would be twenty or so of them adn we would just ...

... with a beautiful sunny day walking in the Port Hills - hills which separate Chch from it's port of Lyttleton. We get the bus into the hills and a short while later - at the Sign of the Kiwi we are indulging ourselves in the aforementioned cream tea. Then on up into the hills with all of Chch spread out before us on one side and looking down on Lyttleton Harbour and Banks Peninsula on the other. Beyond ...

... the bus again, we had out morning tea, great muffins!!! i looove muffins! took some photos of us al and then took off through canterbury plains towards Christchurch, where it all began a week ago. we all settled in at the hotel, four of us in 2 big double beds. i did some laundry and went to the internet. had a shower and a nap and got dressed for the big dinenr out. the dinner was all of us together, the people staying on the bus and the ...

Oh the life of a barista. How much more glamorous can ya get?! I've become a pro at latte's, capiccino's, mochachino's, hot chocolates, smoothies, frappes, long blacks, and flat whites. Lookit me go! Everyone at work has been really great. I've even been invited out to the beach and for a few drinks. I'm just the social Canadian chick who says things weird. Oh well, good conversation starter! I have had a few bumps in the road though. I had a table of (so sorry) *****ES. One in ...

... weekends it is host to an outdoor arts and crafts market! After a lot of consideration, I didn't end up buying anything--not quite ready to get into the souvenir thing yet. Then I strolled though the gardens, which smelled amazingly good, and got my first real bit of local history at the Canterbury Museum.<br><br><br><br>Christchurch is a sweet, eminently walkable little city, very much influenced by Britain I think, with ...