Done Christchurch

Ate Bluenose (not sure if that is a dolphin) tonight - tasted good. I want to run a hostel when I grow up... loving the hostel life: learning about the best places to visit, people's strange lives and why I do not want to be young again or a hippy ever. But outta here tomorrow and just planning our trip - going straight up 3000 feet I think first! Weird today - visited the beautiful botanical gardens here but can't quite get my head around smelling the roses, marvelling at the dahlias and washing my tired feet in the river in January! By the way, how is the snow? XX