Movie

Today the weather was a bit miserable so we had a few coffees and went to see the “Boy in the striped pyjamas”

Tomorrow we are having a little break in Lake Tekapo for 2 nights.

Air Force Museum

Well today the weather has been great.We decided to go to the air force museum which is free entry and to be honest was really good they had loads of planes and also a house as it would of been in the war.

These planes have been restored to exact plans of the originals with real engines and all the work is done by volunteers.

The war house but look closely liz’s bag doesn't exactly fit with the times!!

After this we went to the Hub shopping mall which was pretty rubbish so we went for a Kayak on the Avon river again.

Quiz Night

Well again the Team second to last once again won the FREE beer!!!!.

We are against teams of 4-6 players but then coming anything below 3rd gets you nothing so at least aiming for last gets you a beer.

Sunny Day

Well today summer decided to come back!!! We did not do much but we got outside as much as possible and enjoyed some of the street entertainment.

Christ College Tour

This morning at 10am we went on a tour of Christ College for an hour. It was really informative and the architecture was really good.

This evening we are going to the cinema to watch 'The International' with Clive Owen.

Sumner

Well today we got some nice weather so we headed down to the beach.Met up with Ian again he was driving his bus so we chatted with him for about an hour.

Great day going to cinema tonight to watch The Reader

Quiz Night

Tonight we went to quiz night at the Irish pub the Bog.

We came second to last after blitzing the movie round but because the guys who were last left before the end we got there FREE PINT for being last.

So next week we are going to call ourselves second to last and aim to be last then we get FREE PINT !!

Random

Well today I happened to be looking through some of our old photo’s from last year

This was taken our first week here.Then today I noticed the Guy’s jacket with the red and black sleeve, I thought I know that guy I used to talk to him all the time when I worked at the Gondola funny that a picture with random people then turns out to be people you meet and get to know. Like Ian the Tram driver when we first came to New Zealand in 2007!!

Weather has been a bit dull the last few days we are hoping it will clear soon so we do a hot air balloon over the plains.

Road Trip

Today we went on a little road trip on the Banks Peninsular with Mel and Alan.

We went to Governors Bay where there is a chocolate coffee shop called SHE we had chocolate mochachino’s with 4 truffles.

We then drove down to diamond harbour and shared chips and wedges and had a beer.

They leave on Friday so we are having a little drink with them tomorrow.

Minzekatze

Today we saw the cat from our old house!! He jumped straight into Liz's lap was a lot thinner now hope the other housemates are feeding him properly.

The cat in our old room last year

Sugar loaf to Mt Caverndish

Today was a great day weather wise. We decided to walk from the TV mast to my old work top station at the gondola took us about 4hrs all together.Had great views and it was good to see the alps with snow on them again.

Sugar loaf hill in the distant with the TV mast

Cow enjoying the view as well!!

We also met up with our friends Mel and Alan who are due to fly home next week.We were supposed to go and have a beer but they have some weird Easter law that they cannot serve you beer without you eating plus they were charging 15% more so we got drunk at starbucks!!!! meeting up again tomoz to find real beer.

Kayak on the Avon

Today we hired a Kayak on the river Avon for 1 hr and slowly paddled through the park.

Finally got Liz in a Kayak!!

On the way back we stopped in the square to listen to the Wizards advice on women

The 3 rules to find the perfect women according to the wizard

1.women shouldn't talk too much but will say I LOVE YOU (but men must not say this back)

2.must open legs without being asked

3.Women will get purse out of handbag and pay for everything

Riccarton Market

Today we went to the market and bought some cheap onions, avocados and apples. Mark bought a whistle that makes various animal noises!

Watching F1 tonight hopefully Button will win

Chch

Today we met some old friends got a free ride on the Tram again.We have settled into our new house

Also went to the beach and just relaxed

New Home

Today we moved into Urban Sanctuary.A house just 3 doors down from our last one.

We are both pretty happy now.Its good to have a base and address again going to save some money being here and then hopefully travel the last month.