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Our ride on the city tram.
The tram has been part of city life as far back as the the 1800s to 1954, horse drawn and electric trams ran services to many parts of the city and suburbs. It was years later they decided to restore the old trams and bring them back to the streets of Christchurch to be enjoyed by the residents and visitors.
Since the earthquake the tram can no longer go fully around the city, it could take different routes every day depending where the on going rebuilding is working at the time which is here there and almost everywhere. Today we went from 1 to 12 stops as follows
1, Cathedral Juntion home to the ticket office, shops and cafes and four of the city's best hotels.
2, Cathedral Square not looking it's best right now but will soon be the hub of the city. This is where the remains of Christchurch Cathedral is.br>
3, Mill island here on the banks of the river Avon the historic mill and a lot of development happening along the river bank.
4,The Restart Mall, we loved the reStart mall, which has become a main visitors attraction an impressive cluster of shops and cafes all using shipping containers. Also is where Quake City is.
5, Ballantines in Cashel St Mall it is a department store, and is one of four main pedestrian zones.
6, The Crossing where the tram lines cross over.
7, Manchester St good cafes and bars and where the tram returns in a westerly direction alone the high street.
8, High street under much development the Calombo st and High st corner will soon be a busy part of the city again.
9, City Punting on the Avon
10, Art Gallery which is closed at the moment but nearly restored soon will be open some time this year will feature New Zealand, international and local art.
11, Worchester Boulevard home to the historic Arts Centre Precinct, we walk around here just a little place but full of wooden carvings and bits of interest craft galleries and character shops.
12, Museum & Botanic Gardens were we had another walk in such a lovely place.
We stopped for lunch today on way to pick Finn up from school we just had time for mc Donald's, Big Mac, fries and thick shake.......heaven in a box. Xx
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