Friday 15.01.10 - Once again we caught the shuttle bus down to the waterside deciding to go along the Avenue of Stars. This is a tribute to the stars of the silver screen consisting of plaques, handprints and sculptures. The only one we had heard of was Bruce Lee. We covered a few parks and came upon a road called Lower Chatham Road, very significant. Lunch was a pizza, just couldn’t face any more prawns or Chinese food. Then it was a quick walk back to the shuttle bus and back to the hotel for a nap, shower and departure.
Saturday 16.01.10 - Today we are flying with Quantas. It was the first time I have ever been upstairs on a plane but the food was good as was the seat and I think we both had the best night’s sleep so far. I am not sure if this was the pyjamas that they gave us or the really comfortable seats. We had to change flights at Sydney and with less than an hour to spare rushed through the airport to catch our plane for Christchurch. Having just had a substantial breakfast of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs we were immediately offered lunch on the plane heading for Christchurch. At this rate we won’t need excess baggage on our return we will be carrying it with us. I have to say we refused lunch and just opted for a coffee followed by cheese and biscuits.
We thought that things were going well and it wouldn’t be long before we would be arriving at our hotel but having waited for a considerable time at the carousel and watched cases come and go and come again we realised that we now didn’t have any luggage. It was still in Sydney. However, the Quantas people were very helpful, located the luggage and arranged to have it flown out later that day. As a gesture we were given a Quantas ‘goodie’ bag containing some basic toiletries, shorts and a T-shirt. Not sure if we should wear them out for dinner tonight, it’s either the clothes that we have had on for I don’t know how many hours and probably aren’t as fresh as they were (good job we didn’t sleep in them), the PJ’s we were given on the plane or the T-shirt and shorts which would probably look quite good with trainers!!
I’m pleased to say we were saved from modelling the Quantas gear for dinner because with minutes to go before we were off to dinner our suite cases arrived.
Sunday 17.01.10 - What have they done with this weather? It’s supposed to be summer and it’s cold and drizzly, temperature today got up to a high of 160! Our waitress last night says that last summer it was up in the 30’s!! Well that hasn’t stopped us we have been out and about exploring Christchurch today. It’s lovely and flat and compact and ideal for walking. The River Avon flows through the centre and there are lots of parks and open spaces and some very interesting Gothic and wooden architecture. Tomorrow we get our car and then we are off further afield.
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