Concert

Tonight from Richmond Hill Bed and Breakfast we are going to a concert in the centre of Christchurch, at the James Hay Theatre.   It is easy to get to, as it is only about 20 minutes drive away, or we could go by bus, but we prefer to drive ourselves at night.  

Christchurch is such an easy city to get around in, as it is not very large, and the centre is logically planned.  It was first designed only in 1850, so it does not have the complications of so many much older cities.  The centre is Victorian Gothic, and it is interesting to notice how the visitors here from Asia are fascinated, as for them it may well be the nearest they will ever get to seeing Northern European style 19th Century Architecture, and here we are far away down in the Pacific, and our next land mass is Antarctica! 

Our weather is absolutely glorious, and the Spring colours are bursting out.  Again we have a wonderful mixture of plants from all over the world, which adds to the exotic interest.   We are called the Garden City, and there are literally hundreds of gardens looked after by the city.  They vary from the huge Botanic Gardens which are spectacular, (and I am going to show lots of photos over a period of time to show this); to tiny ones only a few feet square/metres square.

must go.