Copthorne Christchurch

...  into a beautiful blue skied day - sun pumping out heat and warmth!  So into the city and checked into the swanky copthorne hotel then...  Nice to finally get a shower after the long travel time..!  Then later it was off out for a ...

... a group of perfectly round, smooth boulders scattered haphazardly along the coast formed on the seabed some 60million years ago! Wow! In Christchurch we decided to take the tram tour to explore the town which turned out to be very quick but very sweet. ...

... right next to the Museum (bonus!).  It seems that with each visit to a garden they just keep getting better.  Christchurch is known as the City of Gardens, and this one is outstanding.  After the gardens we head to Riccarton Bush and ...

... of how important the dogs are to their economy.   More hours passed and eventually we reached Christchurch. They were going to drop us off at the Copthorne Central instead of the Holiday Inn on Avon though as they didn't ask where we were staying. ...

We had a 2.5 hour drive from Kaikoura to Christchurch.  The day turned out to be a scouring afternoon (29c).  We arrived in the city around 11.00 and spent a couple of hours in the city looking at the main sites and the Botantical gardens.  ...

... where we will transfer to the Tranz Scenic Rail line for the final part of our journey, now going cross country back to Christchurch.   Our bus trip starts along the west coast, a wild twisty road going up into the mountain and I have made the ...

I hit Christchurch a week after Kris where I spent most mornings visiting with my Nanny and Grandad in Linwood. It was lovely to spend some time with them especially my nanny who has to spend a lot of time in bed these days but loves a good chat. It was ...

... was booked, I had a good quote for a car, and the South Island was draped in sunshine. This was especially pleasing as Christchurch looks pretty dull when the weather is bad, and I wanted their first impressions of New Zealand to be positive. After a ...

... op på campingpladsen i Springfield – Morgenmad, ud og ride på hest, tilbage og gøre camperen ren, køre ind til Christchurch og aflevere bilen – og endelig skulle vi også finde frem til hotellet inde i centrum. Da vi trillede ind på ...

... started turning up and checking in, so it didn't seem long before the train arrived and disgorged it's load of passengers from Christchurch into waiting buses and rental cars. They then took the train away briefly to swap the locos round from one end to ...

... will rebound quickly.  We've been told that it was very unusual that an earthquake of this magnitude would hit Christchurch.  Geologists never could have predicted it (something about where the fault lines are... over my head).  The main ...

Am 15.10.2010 um 15:25 Uhr Ortszeit landete mein Flugzeug ein wenig turbulent auf dem Flughafen von Christchurch...endlich konnte ich meinen Sitz 35 K für immer verlassen. Nach einem letzten Safety-Check und der Einreisekontrolle konnte ich mich endlich ...

Arrived into Christchurch at midnight for a good night's kip before picking up our bikes on 29th.  We woke to a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky and picked up our bikes, two brand new BMW's, to embark on our tour of the South Island. With the ...

... i klassisk katedral-stil. Tag Notre Dame, træk 75% fra størrelsen – så har man ca. den katedral der står midt i Christchurch. Den nye action-Sofie skulle naturligvis op i tårnet, og ud på de små gesimser – men hun holdt godt fast, så ...

... a short walk down to the carpark and was so much fun. Packhorse hut was another weekend away only this time a little closer to Christchurch on Banks peninsula. The walk was just over an hour and the views we had over the peninsula were great. We had a ...

The above title bears no relation to anything but it is the name of the restaurant at the Christchurch Copthorne, and rather appealed to me for some reason.Anyway, back in Christchurch and back at laid back Foley Towers, where we now know the system well ...

... birthday then went to bed at 9.30. Day 254 - Thursday 20 May We drive up to Greymouth and boarded the Trans Alpine train for Christchurch. It was a nice 2.5 hour trip but not as nice as any of us had hoped. I think that we had already seen most of ...

... ” during the flight. Christchurch and the Canterbury region are just as picturesque as Queenstown. We stayed at the Copthorne Hotel Christchurch Central for our two night stay. We were able to experience the hop-on hop-off Christchurch Tramway on ...