Lyttleton

November 5
This was our last day with the car so we decided to drive toward Lyttleton and see what we could find. We were driving along the coast and through little towns when we came across a beach. Of course we stopped. It was fantastic. Not quite warm enough to go swimming but walking along the beach was just fine for us. Mom right away began collecting shells and I was just enjoying the sun, sand and water.
I was teasing Mom about collecting too many shells, by this time she already had a handful. It was fun. We stayed here for over an hour before we decided it was time to move on. We continued on the same road and we were going to drive all the way to the point by Lyttleton. We turned onto the road that would take us there and I decided I was going to have none of this. This little road was tiny and up ahead there was this turn right along the side of a cliff with barely any room and no guard rails. We would be hanging off cliffs the entire time and I didn't want to do that. So we turned around and headed into the town of Lyttleton.

We stopped at the time station ball, every day at noon the ball drops according to Greenwich time so that sailors would know the time. It was neat, but we didn't want to pay to go inside.
Here is looking down towards the harbor.
We drove through Lyttleton and took a tunnel back towards Christchurch where we could ride the Gondala. It brings you to this awesome spot where you can look out at Christchurch and Lyttleton and basically see the whole pennisula.

Riding up and looking back
looking up towards the top
Mom wasn't quite as impressed with the heights as I was since we were swinging in this little box above the ground. We saw some sheep though.
Coming in for a landing
At the top, there is a gift store, cafe and an observation deck where you can really see everything. It was really really cool.
Me
Lyttleton
Christchurch, you can see the tall buildings where central city is and cathedral square.
The beach where we were earlier.
While Mom looked through the gift store, I took a hike around the building. There were some trails if you wanted to walk along the ridge but I just took the circle around the building.
After riding down, we were going to check out this park where there was supposed to be Maori village. Turns out it was pretty fake so we moved on. To where you ask... back to the beach of course! My shoes came off and I headed for the water. It was fabulous.
Show me your shells Mom!
Me
Crab shell, look he is smiling!
Oh my god what is that glowing thing, it is too bright to look at! oh its just my legs...
Mom is hunting...for the perfect shell.
It was an excellent walk. I got my feet wet, wandered through the sand. It was the best. Afterward, Mom and I ate some dinner, seafood sampler that was no where enough food. We then went shopping in Cathedral Square, last minutes souvenirs. We stopped again for a snack and went back to relax in the hotel. It was a great day, I love the beach.

Cheers!