We’re here! I read every positive and negative thing I could get my hands on about Christchurch, NZ and lo and behold none of it applies.
First, there are tons of Asians here and they really don’t seem like a lower class to me. So I’m letting go of that fear.
Secondly, I don’t think the city is so great for walking unless you are smack dab in the center of Christchurch and you want to people watch or trek from historical monument to historical monument. We walked from Riccarton through Hagley Park 
to Christchurch Center and I really think Hagley Park is a trip unto itself.
We just got off the plane, but there were just these few things that we had to get out of the way. Like the public transportation system. That’s right, the gondolas
are for romance and hoofing it loses it’s novelty quickly.
In downtown Christchurch at Lichfield and Colombo, there’s a bus depot with metrocard sales upstairs. We wouldn’t have found it if not for the kind woman that saw our confusion and offered to help us. If you’re going to bus around the area, get this card. You get a seventy cent discount on every ride.
get this $10 NZ, so easy
So far, the foods I’ve had are sweeter than I expected. I had a chicken pasta with tangerine in it as well as a little cottage pie that was something like mashed potatoes with meat and barbecue sauce. I also tried “Kiwi As” chips that claimed to taste like ketchup and mince meat pie, but I think it mostly tasted like ketchup.
That’s it for our day’s adventure. We’re looking through Sky TV and just listening to the accent and language. And Oprah- turns out she’s global 
This weekend- perhaps horseback riding?
