Hello everybody,
We had a pretty eventful day today. In the morning, we picked up our rental car and had our first experience driving on the left hand side of the road. Well, I should say that Jay did the driving and I had my first experience navigating. Jay did really well and his biggest problem was not turning into oncoming traffic, which is something that I was scared that I would do, but turning on the windshield wiper instead of the signal light (they are on the wrong side of the wheel). We made back from the rental place to downtown Christchurch safely and were ready to park for the day when we found out that the hostel had no parking spaces left. The hostel staff recommended a few areas that have free parking, but all of the spots were taken. We ended up circling around downtown for about an hour before we gave up and parked in a residential area that is a twenty minute walk from the hostel. Needless to say, Jay got plenty of driving practice and I am happy to report that no tears were shed in the process. Hopefully the car will still be there in the morning :).
After the parking fiasco, we did a tour of Christchurch's main tourist attractions. We toured the famous Christchurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square, and the original grounds of the Canterbury University. The buildings had very impressive architecture and beautiful stained glass. The highlight of my day was visiting Christchurch's massive botanical gardens – everything was green and lush and in full bloom. There was a beautiful rose garden at the center that had hundreds of roses (I thought I would mention that to make my mom jealous). On the way back from the botanical gardens, we checked out the Canterbury Museum, which had a large assortment of displays about everything from Antarctica to dinosaurs and everything in between.
I think we are pretty much packed in for the night now. Tomorrow we are planning on stocking up on food and supplies for hiking, so we will be navigating through the city once again, which should be an interesting adventure.
Cheers,
Erin
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Sounds cool. Now we just need some pictures.
ReplyDeleteYOU'LL GET THEM WHEN YOU GET THEM. Check later tonight (or tomorrow morning for you), or else in a few days.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea when to check your blog because of the time change. So I just check it allllllll the time.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness you two arrived safely!
ReplyDeleteI propose an experiment while you guys are in backwards land. Piss people off enough while driving to see if they use the middle finger during road rage? Or perhaps they use some kind of 'hang ten' sign as their "Kindly go f*** yourself."
ReplyDeleteYou never know.
Have you tried to imitate their accent yet?
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ReplyDeleteI'd accidentally call every fella Bret or Jemaine.
ReplyDeleteRobin: The kiwi accent is a very funny one indeed. No, I am still gathering its intricacies. Not imitating it yet.
ReplyDeleteLandsy: We tend to get on the internet/computer and do stuff in the evening (after supper / before bed). So like 7 or 8pm or later. So add four hours and that's Edmonton time. So in most cases past midnight when normal people are sleeping.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, if there is an update, check in the mornings?
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