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Goodbye Christchurch New Zealand
Our last day and memories to last
Introduction
After all the excitement of sightseeing in New Zealand and dropping off the campervan in the nick of time, we found our hotel for our last night. As hotels go, it wasn’t the best as you’ll find out in a moment.
On our last day, we had a beautiful weather and saw some wonderful sights in Christchurch both down below and up above as we took a gondola ride up before making our way to the airport to catch our flight home.
Why was the hotel not the best? Here’s the story.
Hotel
Our last night in New Zealand was spent in a hotel in Christchurch. It was late summer and very warm. Unfortunately for us, the heater in our room couldn’t be switched off.
Our room had only a small window, which didn’t offer us much of the cool night air. By two in the morning, it became obvious that we weren’t going to get a night’s sleep in the unbearable heat.
I called the night porter to ask if something could be done about the heating. Not until the morning, came the reply. I explained that we had booked into a hotel for that night specifically to get a good night’s sleep before our long flight back to London. Couldn’t we move to another room?
