We drove down one of the few main roads that Seán and I had not already been on from Hastings to Wellington. It wasn’t a very exciting road though, which is why we hadn’t been on it before! We had arranged to stay at Alan’s house and were treated to a tasty lasagne by his housemate, Carmen, when we arrived. They had a full house this time so Susan got the couch and Seán and I got the floor.
The next day Susan and I got a bus into the city and went on tour. First of all we got the cable car from the city up to the Botanic Gardens, where there is a great view. We walked through the gardens back down to the Parliament Buildings. The main building is nicknamed the Beehive due to its shape. They run a free tour through it every hour and, as we had just missed a tour we carried on to the New and Old St. Paul’s Cathedrals before meeting Alan and Seán for lunch. After lunch we tried to go on the parliament tour but were too late again, so we walked back along the main street to the information centre where we booked accommodation for Christchurch that night. We got the bus via Mount Victoria back to the house and packed up our things and got ready to hop on a plane to the South Island!
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