Christchurch...

(Me and my tent mate Ann in Christchurch)

This is the second biggest city in New Zealand and the largest city on the South Island. The Young Single Adult ward in Christchurch fed us lunch and then we went into town and wandered around. We checked out the cathedral in "Cathedral Square" and then we went and just wandered around shops. We had Indian food for dinner which was super yummy.
While we were in town the Buskers Festival was going on which meant that they had various booths open with various goods and foods for sale. They also had a comedy show going on in the town's main square which was quite funny to watch.

On Sunday we went to the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. They were so beautiful. My favorite area of the gardens was the rose garden. So many beautiful and different varieties. We also saw various other beautiful flowers throughout the garden. There was one that was particularly cool from Australia, and it's called a chocolate lily. If you grind it up it actually smells like chocolate. They had a sample of it in the visitors center. Best flower ever.

Hydrangeas Pretty flowers in garden

The other neat thing about the park is that they have a concert series every Sunday and have local bands come and play in the afternoon. We listened to a band called "The Unfaithful Ways" who were actually quite good. It was so neat to just be sitting in the park listening to the band play and relaxing. I would love to be able to do that every Sunday.

We couldn't resist taking a photo of our "stunning buns."