{"id":124,"date":"2010-04-19T04:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/NewZealand\/?p=117"},"modified":"2013-06-10T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T01:23:45","slug":"day-16-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Day 16 \u2013 Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Christchurch\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Christchurch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/Christchurch.jpg\" width=\"354\" height=\"354\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>With nothing specific planned for our stay in Christchurch, our plan today was to basically wander around the city.&#160; With a population of about 400,000, Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>We walked down to Cathedral Square in the city centre, found the i-site to pick up some touring maps, and began our day of leisurely wandering and shopping.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193241\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193241.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193245\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193245.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193265\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193265.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193275\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193275.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193285\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193285.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193288\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193288.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193295\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193295.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193317\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193317.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P4193328\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4193328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day16Christchurch_13768\/P4193328.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Christchurch is a lovely city.&#160; We had a wonderful day of exploring, and in the evening we enjoyed the best dinner of our trip so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With nothing specific planned for our stay in Christchurch, our plan today was to basically wander around the city.&#160; With a population of about 400,000, Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand. 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