... So just a quick blog to you good people:) ... I'm back in Christchurch after my brief sojourn in Queenstown...well, except for Koh Chang it was the longest I'd been in one place for 4.5 months!
... A brief 9 to 5 bus journey today... a coastal train to Picton tomorrow... ferry to Wellington on the north island the day after and a nice little stay with Matt, the NZish guy I met in Hanoi during my 18-30s mental phase at Holong Bay! ... I'm looking forward to being back in a big city again... but its weird to be in Christchurch after my time in Queenstown... Queenstown has only about 11,000 people but seemed more busy then Christchurch which is apparently one of the big places in NZ... but everything here seems small... the main square in Christchurch is called Cathedral square but it's only really a church by English standards... its not a criticism because NZ is great, it's just small... in fact the only "large" thing here is the novelty giant chess set in Cathedral square (quirky basterds;)...
... a couple of brief things I don't want to forget to mention... it was a bit weird playing football yesterday in a field which is predominately used for people to land when paragliding off a nearby mountain... as you watch a game and start to wonder if the paragliding man will land on the pitch or impaled on some rugby posts you know you're in NZ ... ... ... also, there are so many Irish here... it seems they are up shit creek without a paddle at home so it truly makes sense to go to NZ, at least there they can get jobs... I went to an Irish pub last night in Queenstown and the Irish are so well established they even have honour boards up on the walls for Guinness and Kilkenny drinkers... a plaque for 100 pints, another for 500, and you're own plaque for 1000 pints... I hate stereotypes about Irish drinking! ...
... Also sorry about the trouble on the last post with some words be half on one line half on the next... I'm gonna try and fix that now... It's sods law that I finally go to the effort to write a blog full of original content and the computer screws up so people need to read with their finger against the page like they're reading Braille to make any sense of it... damn you computers!
... So anyway, I'm here... my legs ache eternally after football yesterday and have a bit of a chesty cough (poor me, poor me, pour me a table spoon of cough syrup)... time for food:)
See you soon my lovelies:)
... A brief 9 to 5 bus journey today... a coastal train to Picton tomorrow... ferry to Wellington on the north island the day after and a nice little stay with Matt, the NZish guy I met in Hanoi during my 18-30s mental phase at Holong Bay! ... I'm looking forward to being back in a big city again... but its weird to be in Christchurch after my time in Queenstown... Queenstown has only about 11,000 people but seemed more busy then Christchurch which is apparently one of the big places in NZ... but everything here seems small... the main square in Christchurch is called Cathedral square but it's only really a church by English standards... its not a criticism because NZ is great, it's just small... in fact the only "large" thing here is the novelty giant chess set in Cathedral square (quirky basterds;)...
... a couple of brief things I don't want to forget to mention... it was a bit weird playing football yesterday in a field which is predominately used for people to land when paragliding off a nearby mountain... as you watch a game and start to wonder if the paragliding man will land on the pitch or impaled on some rugby posts you know you're in NZ ... ... ... also, there are so many Irish here... it seems they are up shit creek without a paddle at home so it truly makes sense to go to NZ, at least there they can get jobs... I went to an Irish pub last night in Queenstown and the Irish are so well established they even have honour boards up on the walls for Guinness and Kilkenny drinkers... a plaque for 100 pints, another for 500, and you're own plaque for 1000 pints... I hate stereotypes about Irish drinking! ...
... Also sorry about the trouble on the last post with some words be half on one line half on the next... I'm gonna try and fix that now... It's sods law that I finally go to the effort to write a blog full of original content and the computer screws up so people need to read with their finger against the page like they're reading Braille to make any sense of it... damn you computers!
... So anyway, I'm here... my legs ache eternally after football yesterday and have a bit of a chesty cough (poor me, poor me, pour me a table spoon of cough syrup)... time for food:)
See you soon my lovelies:)
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