4/9/10 (christchurch)
Annie Lin
Christchurch - Sydney
For some reason Jon and I have a tendency to book really early flights, probably because they are usually the cheapest but it’s no fun getting up at 3am. We flew Jetstar, which is a budget airline and they are not kidding. We got the last two seats on that particular flight since we extended our trip. I’m not sure if that’s the reason for our seat assignment. We got the very last row of seats by the toilets and Jon barely fit into the seat. We usually reserve an aisle seat for him so that he can stretch his legs a bit but there were only the middle and window seats left. I felt so bad that he had to be crammed in there. Luckily, the flight was only 3 hours. And the airline didn’t even offer us water. However, we went through customs with no problems at all.
Our friend’s sister picked us up at the airport and dropped us off in the city to explore. We walked around CBD and found a huge underground mall with a food court. We hadn’t booked a hotel yet so Jon found an Apple store for us to use the internet. Very smart of him. Jon was able to find a hotel near the city center and we were pretty tired so decided to check into our hotel. The only challenge was that our friend had our luggage and we waited till she got off work to retrieve it. In the meantime, we took a much needed nap and explored the neighborhood around our hotel. The area is called Darlinghurst and it reminded us of the mission district back home with trendy shops and restaurants. There were lots of things right outside our hotel including a yogurt shop next door so kudos to Jon for finding this hotel.
We were invited to go out with our friend but we were still feeling a bit tired so we decided to stay in. Jon reminded me that I’m middle-aged and not as young as I used to be. Is 32 middle-aged??
Reader Comments (2)
Glad you got to pet a Koala, I am jealous : )
Seattle Annie