It’s been a bit of a gap since my last post, unfortunately a large project (think 80 hr week) took away my spare blogging time, so now I’m playing catchup game, with blog_* folders all over my desktop of content to be posted.
Firstly, a couple pictures missed from day 2:
Trying some local brew picked up from a dodgy bottle store along the side of some highway.
Unimpressed kitty cat is unimpressed!
Day 3 in Christchurch was the big day of Lisa’s friend’s wedding, so I decided to excuse myself from the family madness taking place and went for a walk into the CBD to enjoy a coffee before attending the wedding with Lisa.
Hagley Park
Bit small for a river, bit large for a stream?
One thing I really noticed heaps whilst in Christchurch was the insanely annoyingly low angle of the winter sun – I guess New Zealand’s South Island is getting pretty close to the bottom of the planet so winter angles are going to be a bit low, but I think it would drive me insane trying to live there with the sun always hitting me in the eyes. :-/
Whilst I'm naturally good looking and tool, the sun is amplifying the effect a bit here.
Aside from the sun however, the weather is amazing, with cool, crisp mornings – setting up on the container having a coffee in the chill air is just an amazing feeling, kind of like being back in Wellington again. :-)
Sitting on top of a shipping container, having a coffee, looking out to a giant demolition zone.... Christchurch is WEIRD.
Even the coffee here needs to get a little shaken first. ;-)
I ended up walking back to the motel in Riccarton – I can get around Christchurch pretty quickly on foot, it’s pretty much all flat so easy to go fast and not even work up a sweat.
I see why the bridge was closed now...
I'm a train!! :-D
More shipping container stores in a random suburb.
Thou shalt not pass!
I spent the evening with Lisa, her family and the soon-to-be-wed couple and their friends in the private function space of a pub, enjoying some amazing food and good times.
Lisa scrubs up pretty well :-P
Amazingly good Sumac and Mushroom soup at the wedding. I must find a way to recreate this.
Whilst it's meaty horribleness, I have to like the presentation style.
The tree of light!
Narcissist Jethro loves reflective skylights!
All up a pretty good and laid back day, skipping all the family business and rushing around pre-wedding was quite a good plan, I greatly prefer the company of a fine laptop and a fine coffee than chaos. :-)