Today we went into Christchurch ,
which was an odd mixture of sobering and optimistic. There were a lot of cleared spaces, a bit
like English towns post-blitz, and quite a few boarded-up buildings waiting for
demolition. But there were also places
like the Re:start retail area, with shops in shipping containers, and public
art in cleared spaces. To me, it felt
like a place where the hurt and the rebuilding were happening side by side and
entangled with each other.
After Christchurch , we hit
the road up to Hanmer (once we’d finally tracked down a supermarket for food
stocks), and that was another amazing New Zealand drive: fabulous
scenery, nearly empty roads – it did help that the sun was shining again!
Ate out at
Venuti’s, which was nice and near (due to savage bites on my feet, walking was
a bit of a problem!), Italian cuisine, and featured garlic, heavily. Then crashed out: I’ve been having real
problems staying awake beyond about 10 pm.
I think it’s all the fresh air…
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