Carter and I got off in the morning in Christchurch. I thought we were going later in the day, but he and the other doc switched, so we were off about 9:30am. There was a shuttle bus from the pier to the middle of town. Once in town we stopped at the main square and caught a hop-on, hop-off bus around the town. It was great to see the sights and get off to explore whenever we wanted. It was raining intermittently, but we didn’t mind. At least it was cool. We just put on our Seattle clothes and were off. Our favorite spot was the Botanical Gardens. Carter took forever photographing most of the flowers, and I must admit, many of them were beautiful. I guess there has been a terrible drought here in New Zealand and even worse in Australia. Some places in Australia are going on 7 years without rain. So the feeling of the locals was one of great optimism with this rain. No one was apologizing for us having a rainy visit.
We then went to explore the Cathedral, which is in the middle of the city. I was hungry, of course, so we stopped for lunch in the little café that the cathedral runs. I thought of my mom as she often went to eat at the café in St. Giles in Edinburough. I had a meat pie and tea – how English – and Carter had a breakfast special and a milkshake.
We looked for chocolate and the needed toiletries, but will get them in Dunedin or in Sydney next week. It seemed that all we could find around the square were expensive shops catering to the tourists. We have the later ½ of the day off in Dunedin.
The saga of our water heaters in Seattle continues. Poor Ed. It seems that it won’t be simply a replacement because of something about the code has changed, necessitating other expensive changes that have to occur before they will put in new ones. What a drag!!
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