I have had a relatively relaxed few days off for Easter. Last year I went on an epic road trip over the four days, which was exceptionally tiring, but amazing all the same.
I have mentioned before how I want to try and remain in Christchurch a lot more this year, and get to know it, connect with my local community and watch it grow (Plus I am trying to save to go away in July).
My flatmate has had her family over from Australia for the past week or so, which has been nice, as I did stay with them on my recent trip to Sydney, so it was nice to catch up again.
On Thursday evening we had a meal, and stayed in and watched the DVD ‘a city falls’ which I totally recommend watching if you are a tourist/traveller to give you an idea of what happened here (Christchurch earthquakes from 2010-11). It is very graphic and probably not for everyone; especially local people.
Good Friday evening I headed down to church for a Good Friday church service, which was really special. The hall was dark, only lit with lanterns at the side of the room.
I attempted several times to go for a run at the weekend, in keeping up with my supposed Half Marathon training, but it was far too warm – we have had weather ranging from 25 to 30 degrees, which is strange for this time of year. In fact it was much colder this time last year. I remember on the first day of April I was sat with a woollen top on, directly under the heat pump to keep warm.
I have had a great weekend of reflection and relaxation, and really enjoyed spending the time doing very little.
On Easter Sunday evening I headed down to a restaurant called King of Snake, which is on the newly developed and ever developing Victoria Quarter on Victoria Street. King of Snake is a South-East Asian place, and is extremely amazing for food.
The place itself is well set out with various height tables, as well as longer bench tables for sharing. It has a variety of colours in its interior, with awesome lighting. A lovely warm feel to it.
The dinning experience itself is similar to Tapas; the menu is there for sharing, which is pretty good as when I initially looked at the menu and saw some mains were around $35-45 I freaked a little.
We ended up paying $50 each which included about 3 drinks each as well. Well worth it.
I don’t often eat out in Christchurch, unless it is a quick takeaway, but this is something I’d like to try and explore more of. Incredible meal, and somewhere I will definitely return to.
Easter part II: Easter Egg Hunting on Quail Island (new blog post to come later)
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