Tuesday December 5th we woke up early to pack for a four day tour of Christchurch and Mt. Cook...We flew on Air New Zealand and it was only a 45 minute flight. We took pictures from the airplane; you can imagine how excited we were! The picture above was taken as we were descending. Christchurch is an idyllic city that is very flat compared to Wellington. There is also much less wind. It is on the Canterbury Plains and is sandwiched between mountains and the South Pacific. We ate lunch, shopped, and rode on a boat on the Avon River. New Zealanders call this "punting", a term I had never heard before.
At the airport we noted that security was very loose compared to the states, and did not involve the taking off of shoes or keeping liquids to a minimum. We sat on the emergency exit row, and the steward kept quizzing us about the procedure and how comfortable we felt in this position...it was quite funny! This flight was quite smooth and uneventful. I was ready to use the emergency exit if need be, however!
We went to sleep rather early because we had to get up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus to Mt. Cook....
We had no idea what beauty there was to be seen in the next few days!
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USA English, English English, Aussie English, Kiwi English, Canadian English ... and on it goes.
Even hand signals aren't universal.
It sounds like you're communicating well enough to get by!
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