Next travel day: Wellington to Christchurch. First, the Interislander Ferry across the Cook Strait (about 1.5 hours) then it turns east down the fjord leading to Picton (about 1.75 hours). Keeping in mind yesterday’s blog post, with the sinking ferry…
Sunny. Again. Will it ever end? Stopped for coffee and calories at a bakery called Dough, then took the funicular up above the city. Not much flat land in the city, so in an effort to expand in the…
We woke to grey skies and down below could see cars with their wipers on intermittent; but it was short lived. An hour later the sun was out in full force. We were saved, however, by zero humidity and a…
Alarm went off at 5 AM! Up and showered and organized and out of the room just past 6 AM. Sorry to say goodbye to our luxury digs. In a taxi and at the Strand KiwiRail station by 6:30. Checked…