Spring Saturday Wining
May 31, 2025
Return to Walla Walla
May 24, 2025
Alaska Airlines at SFO
May 10, 2025
Specialty Dining on Princess Cruises
Apr 26, 2025
Cruising Fiordland National Park
Apr 21, 2025
The Many Charms of Dunedin
Apr 7, 2025
Christchurch, New Zealand
I'm picking up my travelogue of my December cruise to New Zealand today with our first port on the country's South Island, Christchurch. It is the largest city on the island and New Zealand's second-largest city by urban population, after Auckland. It also boasts of being the oldest city in New Zealand, being officially incorporated in 1856. As with our previous stop, Wellington, we decided to forego any formal shore excursion and instead planned to explore on our own. We took the free shuttle bus from the cruise port in nearby Lyttelton and were dropped off near the central business district. Crossing over the Avon River on the Bridge of Remembrance, a memorial to those fallen in the wars of the 20th century, we entered into the central core, which is very pedestrian-friendly, with most vehicular traffic restricted and trams offering convenient transportation.
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Supporting Youth Theater
As a former theater major, I like to support theater at every level, from Christmas nativity plays to Broadway productions and everything in between. Here in the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon, we have an embarrassment of riches which include the world-renowned and Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which just opened its 90th season; a number of smaller professional companies which stage revues, musicals, comedies and dramas year-round; community theater productions; and university and high school shows.