We felt like we shouldn't keep Pat and Alan waiting for their breakfast as long as the past couple of days, so we were out the house and on the way to Sumner at a much more reasonable time. Sumner had been quite a well off area, because of the views from some of the houses on the cliffs, but then the earthquake had caused the cliffs to fall down so that they were right on the edge, or even worse, fallen down with them. There were more shipping containers, this ti...

The morning's activity was going to New Brighton, where some of the worst earthquake damage was. We had a walk along the pier, where there was quite a few fishermen, and some plaques and bricks with names of people who had donated to help build it. We walked back through the library, which we spent a while in- Alice was looking at South America guide books, and I was amusing myself by reading the English Lonely Planet guide- I was astonished when I saw there was ...

I thought we best be up at 9 by the latest, given that Pat and Alan had made their comment about their Scottish relatives who had visited the few days before we got there staying in that late, although I think me and Alice could have done with staying in a little bit longer. I did feel a bit bad though that they had waited for breakfast to have it with us, and because there's so much talking involved we didn't finish until about 11. We then drove into the city c...

I thought we best be up at 9 by the latest, given that Pat and Alan had made their comment about their Scottish relatives who had visited the few days before we got there staying in that late, although I think me and Alice could have done with staying in a little bit longer. I did feel a bit bad though that they had waited for breakfast to have it with us, and because there's so much talking involved we didn't finish until about 11. We then drove into the city c...

We had received vouchers for a free breakfast, but never needed to present them to claim it. I decided to make the most of it and eat rather a lot. We got the bus at 8.30, and it was quite a good journey as we made lots of little short stops, although this meant me and Alice were more tempted to spend money on snacks and drinks out of boredom from the bus journey. We made a longer stop at Lake Tekapo, so I was glad we did actually get to see it after it had been...