Rydges Christchurch

... the clouds kept growing.....but....as we moved south, we were again blessed with sunshine. We arrived at Christchurch at about 4pm and checked into the Rydges (central and superb).  We then booked ourselves in for the dinner tram at 7.30pm.  ...

Well, we left Rydges Christchurch at 12noon.....we then proceeded to Christchurch airport.  We were then delayed.  Our flight was due to leave at 2.35pm and left at about 5.15pm.  We arrived in Sydney and were told our flight was delayed ...

... ....!...we found some lunch at a local pub. At 1.30pm, we went back to the station and boarding the train to Christchurch.  4.5 hours later, we arrived in Christchurch.  The trip was scenic and pretty.  We would suggest that you only go ...

... round the corner from the square. You have probably seen it in the news footage. It is a big white curved multi-storey building called the Rydges. When we called she was unable to talk to us as she was on a work call so we had to wait till that finished. ...

... .   We had the privilege of meeting Mark and Anne in Nelson while camping and went to there beautiful home here in Christchurch with friends of there, Andy,Warren, Melinda 7 Shana. I hope I got the spelling of the names right!  Anne is ...

... up right where we left off.  Awesome dinner....THANK YOU!! Sunday brought me to New Zealand and the city of Christchurch-The City of Gardens.  I did not realize this city had a pretty devastating earthquake in September of 2010.  There are ...

... allowed access to our own money. So we celebrated by taking a bus out to Lyttleton which is 20 mins out of Christchurch. Had a lovely coastal walk and fantastic views. Sadly there were a lot of low clouds which blogged the complete range of mountains. ...

Moving from Sydney to Christchurch was a bit of a culture shock but we are now settled into this town. Not a lot here andthe weather is drizzly but we had a pleasant few hours in the museum before going into the cathedral for the boys choir evensong. ...

... paid. Upon the directions given by the host, we decided to take a "30-minute" (30-min my ass) walk to central Christchurch. Riccarton Rd is grandmother long… And after walking to the end of Riccarton Rd, we had to walk through the ginormous ...

... that for 12euro a night each. Happy days. Well while I went with Sarah and Evan to pick up Aoife and the rental car from Christchurch, we met Santa Claus who rented us our car. Mark and the 2 girls carried on going up the West coast and we crossed ...

... day in Queenstown.  I will let the photos share the story, however here is a quick snapshot/highlights: Tuesday Drove from Christchurch to Queenstown Stopped for a café break Lunch and fed birds at the mountain resort place Saw sheep and dog show ...

... Lonely Planet's guide to New Zealand, just in time to head off to begin my two-week drive of this sister country, starting in Christchurch. A few other unique memories from my time in Cairns include: ~On Anzac Day, having a "pie", a bag of Burger Rings ...

... to the minus 5 bar and heaps of restaurants while we were there.   Spent a couple of days and nights looking around Christchurch then it was back to Australia. The morning after we were back the three of us took advantage of the sunny weather ...

... was highly amused. The hot spa pool was much more civilised. We did get a little good news on St. Patrick's Day. The Rydges Hotel in Christchurch contacted us to say that they had gotten access to the rooms and that they were now in a position to send us ...

... the Nelson region and we are definitely going in search of that. Thanks to everyone for the fantastic response to the Christchurch blogs. Sorry that I have not replied individually but the lack of a computer hampered my efforts. Things are looking up now ...

Hi everyone!! I am in Queenstown at the moment, which is in the South Island. I arrived about 4 days ago but landed in Christchurch which is about 8hrs north East of here. It is absolutly FREEZING here - about 7 degrees yeaterday and 5 degrees today ...

... himself. It had detoured through Cincinnati, and Quebec before finally returning to Edmonton. This time however despite traveling from Christchurch to Auckland to Hong kong, Leipzig, Derby, Dublin and Shannon the only delay was with customs clearance in ...