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Drive Thru Rose Garden?

Monday, January 30th, 2006

 

We just returned from Mona Vale, a historic manor and gardens between our house and the city center. The Avon runs through the grounds and people come to stroll, enjoy the gardens, and feed the ducks. My previous experience with duck feeding is from Tanglewood, where the ducks are pretty aggressive when the food comes out. These ducks that make their summer home along the Avon are not so people aggressive, and they mainly stayed in the river while we threw bread at them. This was partially due to two of the dominant males coming up onto the bank and chasing away any other ducks that tried to get out of the water.

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Lyttelton, a Pub, and Akaroa

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Its been a few days since my last post, and there’s quite a bit to catch up on. Alan played in a tennis tournament last weekend, and made it to the quarters in his singles and to the finals with his doubles partner, Adam. They played in the finals against the No. 1 and 2 in New Zealand, and put up a great fight, winning the first set and almost taking down the match in the second, but unfortunately their opponents got a bit of momentum and ended up winning. I was very dissapointed, they played so well, and the guys they played were, well, assholes (sorry, but they were). Anyway, Al and Adam put on a great match.

After a day or so of rest time, we went on a hike going about 4 km out of Christchurch and back, with some views of the distant mountains, and of Lytteltom Bay. The walk is from Sign of the Takahe to Sign of the Kiwi. I believe there is a loop back, but we just followed our tracks back from this point.

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Exhibition of Roses

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
  Yesterday we finally went into the Botanical Gardens in the center of Christchurch, contained in the huge central park, Hagley Park. There was alot to see and we only wandered around part of the gardens, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Tennis Anyone?

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Alan played in tennis tournament in Hagley Park this past weekend. He played very well, but unfortunately the matches where very hard on his body. He cramped alot and now he's struggling to move. He has signed up for another ... [Continue reading this entry]

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First Day at the Beach

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
  Al and I went out to the beach on Tuesday. Its a great drive, only about 15-20 min away and there's great views of the hills along the way. There is a resturant called On ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Arriving in Christchurch

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
These first few posts will be a synopsis of my first few days in Christchurch. We've been so busy running errands, adjusting, putting the house together, exploring, and meeting family that this is the first ... [Continue reading this entry]

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