Millennium Christchurch

Friday 21 November, 11.57am, Merivale McCafe (just outside Christchurch) While driving to my new hotel this morning, I drove past this McCafe (all the McDonalds out here seem to be McCafes instead) and scoffed audibly. An hour or so later, ...

... plants forms found here.   This city also contains an Avon river, complete with weeping willows and punting, the Christchurch College of Canterbury, Victoria Square, and a Tram that goes on a circular route through downtown .  The city is ...

... before everything had to go over the mountains.  We stopped at the 'Sign of the Takahe' which is a lookout overlooking Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains.  The area is quite built up but there are very few skyscrapers.  Nearly all ...

... not so onerous, although the car still lacks a certain will to power. Taking advantage of the sun, we visited the Christchurch cathedral, which had some quite beautiful tilework wall inlays. They're very careful to talk about the "fylfot" style cross ...

... plains and then the horizon was undulated with snow capped mountains - a vivid contrast to the flat farm lands before them. Christchurch itself is often described at the 'most English' of cities with the River winding its way through and lots of European ...