Last night I was again, not feeling very chipper (but mostly just tired) so I went to bed at 8:30 PM and Caro enjoyed the 9 PM show ( a comedian).
This morning Carolina felt ill so we did nothing for a few hours, then decided to risk a trip into Christchurch ( which is really quite close). We got the cruise ship provided shuttle out of the port into Lyttleton and at that point decided to take the city bus right into Christchurch (only $C8.10 for an all day pass).
Once in Christchurch and off the bus we walked around a bit and decided to get a hop on hop off ticket on the city tourist tram (only about $C32). The conductor was quite informative and I think the complete route took less than 45 minutes ( a total of 5 Km of track). We realized after that ride that there was really nothing more we wanted to see or do so we headed back to the cruise ship.
Really I think Christchurch was so badly damaged by the earthquakes a dozen years ago it lost a lot of its “old country charm”. While some old buildings have been,or are being restored, the new style buildings just don’t have the charm. We couldn’t have been more than two hours in the centre area.
Once back at the port we walked around Lyttleton for a bit and were back on the ship by 1:30 PM. Caro feeling a bit poorly so had a break in the room.
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