Flight Business class was wonderful - however a 12 and 10 hour set of flights certainly takes its toll when it's coupled with a stonking cold! We both arrive feeling shocking! Day 1 We arrived in Christchurch at 10am on Boxing Day however it was pouring with rain! It felt like we were still in London! Boy were get lagged. The hotel is great - and is Christchurch. Cliff wouldn't let me go to bed until after tea time so we had to venture out into the rai...

Day 3 and we are loving it! We started the grad tour with a drive from Christchurch down to Okains Bay to the Maori Museum - then ontoAkaroa. The countryside is amazing - we're taking routes off the beaten track to enjoy the scenery. Cliff is becoming a dab hand at driving the automatic car - he's also taken a liking to the windy roads! We've managed not to kill each other yet - so that's good - its slowly dawned on us that we have 5 more weeks alone together...

Flight Business class was wonderful - however a 12 and 10 hour set of flights certainly takes its toll when it's coupled with a stonking cold! We both arrive feeling shocking! Day 1We arrived in Christchurch at 10am on Boxing Day however it was pouring with rain! It felt like we were still in London! Boy were get lagged. The hotel is great - and is Christchurch. Cliff wouldn't let me go to bed until after tea time so we had to venture out into the rain! We ended ...