Picture and Explanation Time

So here are some more pictures for you to enjoy. These are more famous sights that you would see in Christchurch. Famous meaning you would see these pictures on postcards. So the first picture is of the Cathedral in...Cathedral Square. Quite a clever name huh? I took it at night, because that is when I had my camera with me. In the daytime, there are so many people and lots of activities. There are constantly musicians, such as a recorder player (a lot better sounding than the squeaky sound you hear from fourth graders), drummer, guitar players, singers, and many violin players who are around 7 or 8 years old. There are food stands and a giant chess board set that has pieces that go up to your kneecap. Or if you have very short legs, up to your hip. Heehee. Also, when the cruise ships come in, they have lots of booths of items to sell. This is usually on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. This strange piece of work is also in the Cathedral square to the left of the Cathedral if you are facing the front of it. Don't know anything about it, other than it is a big picture point.

This is the Gondola ride. Although it's not cheap, we got a year pass that includes a tram ride for a year (which is quite convenient for Alison to get to work everyday. It overlooks lots of places, but mainly Lyttleton's Harbor. Before going on the Gondolas, you can see the sign of locations of many cities of the world. Los Angeles was not one of them, but New York was.





















We really don't know the purpose of this, but Alison and I call it the sprinklers. It is on many postcards and it just shoots out water in the shape of the balls. It kind of sounds like the sound sprinklers make, which is why we named it that. On some of the postcards, it showed these with lights under it. Well, that is a fallacy, as they actually turn off at a certain time, and there are no lights near it.











This is the picture of the Art Museum. We have not had the chance to go in yet, but we pass by it occasionally. I don't know anything about the interesting architecture, so don't ask. It is art. Just leave it at that.