I had hoped to get a rental car out of Christchurch, but everyone in town was fully booked. Seems like New Zealand will require pre-booking for everything. I booked a car for tomorrow morning, and then tried to add another night at my hostel, and found that it too was booked. I called a nearby hostel and managed to get in there, so all was not lost. I headed over there and dumped my bag, then hit the town.
With another full day in Christchurch I figured I’d do a bit of wandering, so I headed off towards a nice rooftop I’d seen beforehand. Ended up at Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, after cutting through what appeared to be a University of some sort.
From there I ventured towards the hills I’d seen on my way to the grocery store. Got close enough to decide that I didn’t really need to climb them. The sky was grey, anyhow, so visibility wouldn’t be outstanding.
Ventured to the art gallery, and had a walk through there. Some nice stuff, but nothing to really wow me. Some of the more modern stuff was pretty nice, and they had one room where you could wear red tinted glasses (like 3d glasses, I suppose).
I’d tried to see the inside of the Christ Church Cathedral a couple of times before, and not had luck, but managed to catch them at a time when there was no show going on, which was pretty handy . Headed in there, and had a peek – then checked out the Church Gift Shop (which church is complete without one, really).
Spent the rest of the day wandering, and occasionally reading. There was a New Zealand guidebook in the hostel book exchange, so I was keen to finish my book so I could make the swap.
Back at the hostel, I swapped my book, and watched what I thought would be about the last 5 minutes of Titanic (the boat had just gone into the water – sorry if I’ve ruined it for anyone), but there ended up being a good half an hour left.
