Christchurch

Our stay in Christchurch was only a short one. Still we got to see yet another beautiful place on earth. We drove up into the mountains to get a better view of the area and it was definitely worth it. 💕
I know I repeat myself when I say New Zealand's scenery is just amazing but it is just too true. (Sorry not sorry)
The rest of the day was spent exploring Christchurch's city itself.
Christchurch experienced a massive earthquake in 2011 that damaged or even wiped out most of the city's buildings. Sadly 185 lives were also lost during that earthquake that reached 6.3 on the Richter scale.
To remember and reflect the loss of lives the city has a temporary art installation called "185 Empty Chairs". It consist of 185 different white painted chairs each standing for one individual lost on that day. It is one of those things that is sad and beautiful at the same time. 💕
Christchurch is still being rebuilt even 6 years after the earthquake and they assembled the so called "Restart Mall" that is built from shipping containers since those are earthquake proof.
It actually looks quite cool and we had a smoothie before we hit the road again and made our way to Lake Tekapo. 💕Baca lagi