Off to Queenstown today. But, first a quick stop by the supermarket for breakfast.
Christchurch is a really nice little city. It’s very deceptive - there’s only around 300,000 people living here, but there’s enough shops to sustain about a million. There’s three starbucks within sighting distance of each other! Our best guess is that what with all the tourism south island sees, retail has enough turnover to justify a far larger investment than if they were just trying to cater to the local population. Either that or New Zealanders spend an insane amount on shopping …
Yesterday we went to the museum, the botanical gardens, and around the city. There’s a lot of ducks in Christchurch, and they’re very friendly. We’ve taken about 80 photos so far, but unfortunately I haven’t had time yet to download them to have a look over them.
The hotel is great - it’s almost a pity that we’re checking out so soon. But, apparently the one we’re going to in Queenstown has a spa, sauna, and gym, so it’s not all bad. 
We think it’s somewhere between a 5 and 8 hour drive to Queenstown, so now V’s happy that I spent all that time burning those music CDs. We didn’t get the Corolla in the end - they upgraded us to an automatic Mazda 3, which is nice. Speaking of which, time to roll - I need to go pack.