Our New Zealand adventure got properly underway today. We'd booked our hire car and the hotel in Christchurch from England but, apart from the date we are taking the ferry from New Zealand's South Island to the North, we are making the rest of our itinerary here up as we go.
We had breakfast at the Cathedral Cafe and checked our emails for free at Christchurch Library once last time before picking up the car. It was a Mazda which was handy because that's what Miss Robb's Mummy drives at home.
We decided to head for Akaroa, an historic French and British settlement on the coast. New Zealanders (or Kiwis, as they sometimes known), measure distances in kilometres rather than miles but we were used to that by now because the Australians (or Ozzies) do too. Akaroa is about 75 kilometres from Christchurch, probably longer if you take the scenic route like we did.
We stopped for lunch at a beautiful place called The Wine Stop. It is a vineyard but we opted to have a nice cup of tea instead. (How very English :-))!
Barnaby
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