Another day in Christchurch

No alarm today😁 - except for the one of my roommate, but I managed to fall asleep again and only got up after 9:00 am. I made my way to the city centre again and started the day with an amazing french toast. Actually, I wanted to go on the city tour with the historic tram, but due to technical problems they offered only half of the tour today - the less interesting half. I was told, that I could get a refund for the ticket, which I had already bought yesterday, but I had to go to the place (tourist information) where I had bought it. Afterwards, I spent quite some time in the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Christchurch. In the gardens there is a pretty interesting historic site: one remaining building of the former Magnetic Observatory, which had been used for magnetic, gravitational, celestial, seismic, and atmospheric studies by antarctic explorers (e.g. Scott). Then I strolled back towards the city centre, i. a. I passed by the town hall. There, I realized, how beautiful the city arms ("Stadtwappen") are. After a cafe latte, I made my way back to the hostel (with a detour to a supermarket). After already having walked some 15 km, I added some 13 km running at the river Avon - really nice and I also got to see some parts of the city that I had not seen before. However, I can tell you, I really feel my calves ("Waden") now🙃Leggi altro