December 4 & 5
After a few last looks at Akaroa,
it was back to Christchurch. Stopped in Cathedral Square – my first pictures hadn’t turned out that great so I got a couple more of inside the Cathedral. This time the Christmas tree was decorated but there was no one playing the organ.
The trolley was decorated too and a grandpa was trying to explain things to his grandson and then trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to smile for a picture. There was a band playing jazzy music in the square and they sounded a LOT better than they looked!
Our plane didn’t leave till 7:30 so we toured some more around Christchurch. Went out to the pier at Brighton where there was a fellow doing some sand art that you could really only see when on the pier.
It was very windy & cold and the water must have been really cold but there were some kite surfers out there and a few fisherman on the pier.
As we left we saw some really interesting sculptures just along the side of the road in the grass you’d have to walk through to get to the beach. One was even a work in progress. Turned out the art studio was across the street.
Then off to the airport car rental return and overnight in Auckland.
In the morning after standing in a queue for about 90 minutes just to check in and then in security for an hour, we finally headed off into the wild blue yonder. (This is one airport you don’t arrive at an hour before your flight!) Last views of the coffee selection I was quite getting used to, of Auckland, of an island (perhaps Tonga) and of a wonderful sunset along the way…
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