The Beginning of a New Adventure

Day 1 (25^th)- Christchurch

At the crack of dawn Dave and I flew into Christchurch. We scarffed down our early morning breakfast of an orange and two granola bars because we couldn’t bring them across the boarder. As stealth as we were, we mischievously snuck a snickers bar through customs. We passed out on the seats in front of baggage claim until about 10:30. By this time we wondered around looking for the city bus. We were the only two on the bus and had door to door service to the YMCA. We dropped our bags and explored the city. It was really interesting to see the aftermath from the earthquake which occurred almost two years ago. Half the building we falling apart and most of the roads turned into dead ends. The whole city center was closed and the restaurant scene was very limited.

 The only bit of sanctuary was the botanical garden which was just across the street from our hostel. We took a nap here and explored the huge and beautiful garden. There was a rose section and a scary looking green house. We hit the sack early excited for the adventures to come!