Christchurch...

Christchurch is a lovely city - It's very much like an English town, and on our first day, the weather certainly felt like it... here is Laura by the river! Beautiful.... 

Outside Christchurch Cathedral, which looks remarkably like St Paul's from the outside (minus the tower). Believe me when I say it looks nothing like St Paul's on the inside!!! 

We took a trip on the Gondola to the top of the Port Hills; It was Gracie's first trip on a Gondola (Cable Car) and she loved it. From the top there are amazing views of the Canterbury plains and out to the mountains, although sadly we didn't have classic Canterbury weather, and couldn't really see anything!!!

My beautiful girls! 

We also visited a lovely resort called Hamner Springs... We spent some time in the hot pools, which aparently have amazing views of mountains when it's not raining!!! When the weather cleared, we hired a 4 wheel bike, and took Gracie for a spin!

We took Gracie for some fun at Lollipops - she LOVED it!