Christchurch, New Zealand

Today we got to Christchurch at noon and we went straight to the rental place. We rented a little navy blue Toyota. It is the perfect car! We drove around looking for an I-Site (a tourist center which makes free bookings for you and helps with any questions we had). We asked them for good places to stay and we found Kiwi Basecamp which was a really nice hostel. We went to Cathedral Square and walked around Christchurch. Then we went back to the hostel and watched We Are Marshall, which was a really good movie. The next morning we woke up at 8 and got the best bagels ever! They reminded me of home :) Then we got on the road headed for Dunedin!!!

We came back to Christchurch on the 17th. We got to Kiwi Basecamp really late that night so we went right to bed. The next morning we woke up and went to Cathedral Square because they had some markets going on. They were celebrating Buddha's birthday so they had some celebratory activities going on. It was cool to see the different cultures coming together. Then we went into the Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House. The aquarium was so small but it was cool. We saw a few cool animals. Then we went into the kiwi house and saw a live kiwi which is New Zealand's most unique bird. We weren't allowed to take photos of it though, which was upsetting but totally understandable. Then we walked to another market and were totally intrigued by this comedian who was performing on the street. He was hysterical! He saw that I had my camera out and came over to me and started flipping his hair around and doing other funny things in front of my camera. He was really funny. We watched his show and another performer's show and then went back to the hostel. We found a miniature golfing place called Pirate's Island so we did that and then even did the golfing range! We were absolutely terrible but we had a lot of fun! That night we rented some movies with the friends we had made in our hostel and went to bed early because we had an early flight home to Auckland. We had such an amazing trip! I am so grateful that I was able to do everything I did. I really have made some incredible memories!