We drove to a very high muddy creek which was overflowing. When we got to Christchurch we took the trolly around and looked at the gardens. Then we went to a Korean buffet which there was a burner in the table and you grilled anything you wanted. 

It was cloudy today so we didn't see Mt. Cook. We drove to the Good Shepherd Chruch which was swarmming with Japanese tourists. There was a very pretty rainbow on the lake. It started to become a rainstick. We found a deserted beach with really nice smoothed pebbles and little round red pebbles. We got to a motel and went to ta fair where I rode on the swinging chairs and we went to the beach and there was a cheesy circus. There was an elephant at the end tha...

We went to a kiwi house where we saw two kiwis and two keas. Then we drove and drove and finally found a motel and I found a few kids to play Koosh ball with. 

In the morning I got some socks, and orange ayowie and a talking scoobydoo in my stocking. Then we took a beautiful road through the Gates of Haast. When we got to Arrowtown we got a motel and we had Christmas dinner where everything came from a package except the green beans. In the afternoon we went up in a gondola to look down into the valley. I went on the luge down a really neat path. 

We drove up to Franz Joseph glacier. Then it started to rain. The whole trip took 2 hours. Then we took a look at Fox glacier. Then got into a hotel opened a few presents which were keychains from Lucinda and a fairy book. Went to sleep thinking wet dreams.