We got a week off for spring break, and Amber, Stacy, Kate, and I bused up to Christchurch that Monday. Christchurch is a larger city, about five hours north of Dunedin. We met up with some kiwi friends, and they were awesome enough to show us around Christchurch even though the weather was absolutely horrid. We saw the Cathedral, a mini bush in the middle of the city, the Avon River, and some of the original town settlements and beach areas. After two days in Chch we were supposed to take the train up to Nelson, where my Kiwi flatmate Gretchen lives, and stay with her family, while seeing the Northern part of the south Island. Some of us were also hoping to do the Abel Tasman coastal track, which would take us about four days.
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