As you may have noticed, every other day was the driving day, for the most part, so that’s where we were today, in the car. I might have dozed off a little on the way, but MK woke me up to (dork) show me where the Lord of the Rings ring was made…where some big waves were, and (finally, worth waking up) some fur seals. Fur seals are tiny and are different than other seals because of their little external ears (so cute!) There were a good amount on the rocks on the side of the road. MK climbed down and got right close to one.

We stopped for lunch (yes, probably McDonalds…) at a cute town and got a calling card to call the Mom and Dads. There were some giant vineyards on the way to Christchurch, some great views of the land. We stopped to stretch our legs, and I was blown away. Christchurch is a beautiful city. I wanted to spend more time but we had to get back on the road. MK and I argued for about the rest of the hour ride why he thought the city sucked and I liked it after being there for 10 minutes.

We drove all the way up and back down a mountain into the bay of Akaroa. Akaroa was settled as a French town way back whenever. It was quaint, and the weather was miserable. To our surprise, having only been in hotels, we were set up to stay in a Bed and Breakfast. Different…but includes some free wine so fine by me. They all went out for fancy dinners and we retired to our room for the night.