Christchurch is the city that was hurt the most during the last earthquake. There is very little evidence of the earthquake as the rubble has been removed. You do see scarred walls where there were buildings attached and a few empty lots where it was evident that a building was there at one time. You can see the scars on this building just above the orange and white van.

This trip I was with Peggy and Marcie. We went to lunch and had a wonderful pizza and a beer. The shopping was not real great because this town was also very expensive. So after lunch we took the hop on hop off tram and visited the Art Center and got a good view of the town.

There was a festival of flowers at the Christchurch Cathedral Square but we didn’t find anything reasonable to buy. Remember Peggy makes me look like a rank amateur when it comes to shopping and finding a good buy.