New Years in ChCh...........
***HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!!!!***
Well blog fans, what a New Years we had!
Clare and I were starting to become a little alarmed (to say the least) that we had no accommodation booked in Sydney for New Years. Seriously, from the lowliest fleapit in King's Cross to $5000-a-night swanky penthouses overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge, everything was flat booked out. Then, things changed. An email from our friends Vic and Rich, currently residing in Christchurch, NZ (ChCh to the locals, trivia fans) and a changed flight later, we arrived in ChCh on a cold and rainy afternoon of the 30 Dec. Vic picked us up from the airport (I can't express how nice it is to have a friendly face to pick you up from a random airport after so many flights last year) and took us back to their place, a nice little flat close to the Avon River at the edge of the city centre.
Vic and Rich have been fabulous hosts to us since we arrived. We were plied with plenty of the local beer (Speights) on our arrival, and Vic is a dab hand in the kitchen, serving up some seriously tasty (and regular!) meals to the malnourished waifs that Clare and I have become! (Brock - we have at least done the washing up, by the way!)
On New Year's Eve, after a day of doing very little apart from eating and drinking, Clare and Vic finally managed to tear me and Rich away from the Xbox (seriously addictive, avoid at all costs) long enough to have a few beers in town. In the first pub we went to, we met Carline and Melissa, two local ladies who had extensively travelled themselves. We spent a very enjoyable evening together, as these photos will attest to:
After a very steady, hangover filled New Years Day, me, Vic and Clare went for a day out to Akaroa, a small picturesque fishing port and former French colony, on the nearby Banks Peninsula. The weather was cool, but the local fish n' chips were excellent. Here's a pic or two for you....
(And by the way Grifter, you are right. NZ does look just like a big Wales. Sheep and green hills and rain and all).
-Si
posted by Si and Clare @ 9:24 AM
3 Comments:
Hi both
Glad to hear you are helping with the washing up, but what about the cooking???????? - to practice for when I get there!
Nige! Great to hear from you! We're off to Arthur's Pass on the weekend, and off down Dux Delux tommorrow night!!! Looking forward to catching up with the inhabitants of the Brissie 'ghetto' when I get there!
-Si
Happy New Year to you both.
Make the most of the next few weeks take a rest before mum and dad descend upon you. Surprisingly enough she's been exceptionally nice to the ducking fog! Take care
All the best
Aunty Ol, the pirate, Mat and Paul xxxx
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