We made the decision that we would do some extra fundraising so that we could take a day to explore the city. Last year we were in a hurry and had no spare money, so we finished the chess and were straight back in the van for a 13 hour drive. Not fun.
This time we had time to go exploring the city at night, take in a movie and have a meal and then had a whole day with a hire car to get out of town. We headed south to the Port Hills. These are the site of a huge volcanic eruption some considerable time ago. I am quite pleased with the picture of the lamb surveying the city. Over to the west we had uninterrupted views of the entire range of the Southern Alps all covered in snow.
After a bit of a walk we headed off to the port town of Akaroa. This was originally settled by the French and it cultivates a french atmosphere that certainly does it no harm as a tourist attraction. Lots of brightly coloured wooden houses and other buildings. Tres beau n'est pas? I was showing off my rusty French to the Chess Team and pretending that I was French, when one of them pointed out that I was wearing my England T-shirt!
We flew back home on the Tuesdy morning and had a leisurely drive back north.
Eric was on the B-team this year and he has become quite obsessed about chess. He is very keen to make the A-team and to go on a similar jaunt next year.
2 comments:
Hi can you put some commentary to the pictures please.
How is the eye and what is the londer term prognosis?
Yeah ... sorry about that, I got waylaid after sticking up all the pics.
Eye much better now thanks. Got 70% in right eye and medication is being reduced as it clears.
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