It's so great to catch up with friends, especially old friends I haven't seen for a while. Karen and Charlie came down from Rotorua for one of their friends 50ths, thats what happens around our age. The three couples decided that Christchurch was the place to be. They had been on the TransAlpine rail trip across the Southern Alps to the West Coast and spent time taking a looking around the Christchurch environs. I suspect most of the environs contained alcohol. The girls also did the shops, while Karen the non shopper and I met for lunch on Friday.
It was cold, something Karen commented on frequently from the warmth of her Katmandu down jacket. For us hardier types, the day we met for breakfast was quite warm, well warm compared to the terrible weather we have had!
We had a big breakfast at Strawberry Fare, one of my favorite places to eat breakfast and the kind waitress took the photo to mark the occasion. We went and had a look around the Art Centre and, none of us being big shoppers, ended up at my place looking at the travel photos.
Karen got quite excited when she saw the places she had been on her trip with the John Paul High French class a few years ago. Th photos got them quite excited. I think Charlie would like to explore his Italian ancestry by visiting Torino and I'm sure Karen would be keen to carry the bags!
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