This weekend we are in Akaroa, on the Banks Peninsula, a lobster-claw shaped peninsula just south of Christchurch. Randy had training in Christchurch on Thursday and Friday this week, and this time, for a change of roles, I got to come along and PLAY while he worked!! On Thursday I went into the city, accompanied by Gertie (our faithful GPS), and explored the Botanic Gardens, and then walked around downtown. I hadn’t been back to Christchurch since we first arrived in New Zealand back in July, and it was nice to have time to enjoy it again. I’m not really a city person, but Christchurch has a very unhurried feel to it, and it is quite pretty, with lots of parks and gardens. That night we had dinner in a Vietnamese restaurant, and the New Zealand
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