Hello ladies and gents. There’s no way I can compile my New Zealand experience in one post, but allow me to get a healthy portion of it down your gullet…
I flew in on the A380 to Sydney, which has a very nice connecting terminal, and hopped on a Boeing 767 for the three hour leg of my journey to Christchurch. This puts my flight time up to about 23 hours (mind you I have another 5 hour flight to McMurdo).
Christchurch is AMAZING! It’s the biggest city on the south island and it is home to about 380,000 people.
The people: I love ‘em. Everyone is ridiculously friendly. I’ve had one bartender comp me a few drinks, I’ve had another hook me up on price, and one more comp us games of pool. Everyone has been very helpful offering directions and tips on places to go, etc.
The food: Soo good that I am overlooking the fact it’s kind of expensive. On my first day here I ate at this hole in the wall Japanese place and had the best spicy beef teriyaki ever. The meat was cooked to perfection, the sauce was well balanced in flavor, and the rice was…well, how can you eff that up?? For lunch yesterday and today I picked up a hunk of cheese and a bread of some sort. Yesterday it was Havarti and a garlic/herb bread, today it was some aged Gouda and a fluffy croissant. Last night I ate at the WhatBar, the hotel’s in house-joint, and had this amazing Cajun chicken breast with greens, a fancy mashed potato thingy, and this spicy tomato saucy thing on the chicken. Now tonight I’m goin’ to really pull out the stops. There are a McDonalds, KFC and Burger King about a block away. I plan on putting on my American flag hat, Mountain Dew t-shirt, sweatpants and crocs to hit the town!!
…Mmmm, all this talk of food has made my tummy growl. I think dinnertime is now. Stay tuned! I will soon post part two of Dan’s commentary on the Hotel So, transportation, and some sight-seeing. Wooo!
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