Posting Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand Posting Date/Time: Dec 24th, 8:00AM
Blanco Posting Date/Time: Dec 23rd, 1:00PM
It is a few days before I meet the team from UW-Madison so...
Yesterday I walked around the downtown area of Christchurch enjoying the breezy sunny summer weather. Street musicians were playing, people were playing street chess in the town square, the summer breeze and sunlight filtered through leaves of eucalyptus and other foliage in the Botanical Gardens. Enjoying the warm summer day people played a game where they hit a ball with a large fat bat (sports' fans will have to tell me what game it was since I don't know) others lounged in the warm grass.
I will send pictures and some audio when I can. My computer has run out of power and the power adaptor for the plugs here in NZ does not work. I am typing this on a public computer so I cannot upload anything, yet.
Today I am going to catch a shuttle to a town on a penisula jutting out into the Pacific on the east coast of this south island of NZ. From there I will spend Christmas day and the day after hiking along the coast. Yes I really am down here to work, but since I have a few days before the meteorologists get here I am going to explore a bit of New Zealand.
Merry Christmas from the Southern Hemisphere!!!
Kirk