LIFE OF SEPTEMBER---part3 (Lyttleton●Gondola)

09/12/2009‧Lyttleton~Big Burger & Christchurch Gondola

上個月到Lyttleton找尋傳說中的超級大漢堡不著！這個月剛好和學校同學們興沖沖的又討論起這件事，於是熱心的日本同學便領著大家搭乘公車(從市區的Bus Exchange搭28號公車)再度前往。由於這次是搭公車拜訪這個小鎮，所以又看到不一樣的風景。

因為大漢堡的店實在太不起眼了，出發前我還特地去問到了地址，果然不負眾望~終於吃到啦！(感動~~~) 這一個大漢堡三個人均分一個剛剛好也不會太撐或不夠，在加上啤酒即是很美式的餐點！(大漢堡一個紐幣15元) 飽餐後，又因為Kevin跟我的大力推薦，大伙又跑去吃了一次少油少鹽的Fish'n'Chips。

然後~又跑到對街的Dairy Shop(雜貨店)去買冰淇淋吃，這裡的冰淇淋一球的分量真的是台灣的3倍多啊！(平均售價2.5元紐幣)據說~紐西蘭是全世界吃冰淇淋最多的國家！而且這裡的KIWI都是天氣越冷越愛吃冰！這一點到今天我才能體會，因為天氣太熱，這麼大球的冰淇淋還沒來的及吃就溶掉了！= ="

Christchurch Gondola

在品嘗了傳說中的大漢堡之後，大夥非常滿意的離開了Lyttleton小鎮，搭著28號公車前往Gondola(空中覽車-註1.)，這個地方也是基督城的著名景點，一定要來一趟的！山頂上的遊客中心有一家景觀餐廳，據說不便宜...，已經飽餐的我們也就省了一頓嚕！

從山頂上的空中纜車餐廳外遠眺，如果有興趣挑戰健行的人，是可以直接爬上Gondola的山頂的！

往另一邊望去，可以清晰看見Lyttleton的船港。 Gondola票價並不便宜-22元紐幣，且依季節調整，夏季（12~隔年2月）更貴！

註1.Gondola在紐西蘭是指空中纜車；而在義大利的威尼斯則是指在河道中載客的船隻。

LIFE OF SEPTEMBER---part1 (Snow Skiing&Boarding)

09/06/2009 -Mt Hutt~Snow skiing

This morning was very cold! I checked the temperature on the internet, it was "minus tw0"degrees. Oh~@@" cool! I wore a lot of clothes, because I thought it would be cold in Mt(Mountain) Hutt. Then my host-father took us to school. I was looking forward to skiing, when I sat in the car on the way to school.

It wasn't a short journey, and the road that went to Mt Hutt was very hard to drive. After two and half hours, we arrived at Mt Hutt.

Because we were all beginners for skiing, so we chose one day course(NZ:$100).We had a lesson about one and half hours. After lunch time, our coach was going with us when we did some practice. At first, I felt it was to hard to walk, when I put the ski stuff on. But I got the knack quick, so I could do it well. I only fell over once because of a child skiing too fast. The child didn't see me in front of her, then she bumped into me! But I didn't hurt.

I thought today was a beautiful day and I enjoyed skiing.Unfortunately, I slipped on the snow three times when I was walking back to our van.Oh~My Goodness! I felt so stupid.= =" After dinner time, I found that my wrist was very painful and stiff. I almost can't move. I used some ice cubes to put on may hand. I hoped it may reduce my pain. In brief, skiing was very exciting. And I will try snowboarding next weekend.

09/13/2009 -Mt Hutt~Snowboarding

Today, I joined snow activities again, I went to Mt Hutt with the school group.This time we chose snowboarding. But that was harder than skiing, when I was practicing, I fell over everytime! It was difficult to balance my body and stop it, but I still enjoyed that sport.

After lunch, we had about one hour lesson, we continued to practice again and again. Suddenly I fell over when I snowboarded from the hill to the botton. I felt a strong and unusual pain and in two hours I almost couldn't move or straighten my arm. I went to a medical centre ask some help, they used a sling to fix my arm and gave me some ice pack and suggested going to the ospital to take an X-ray!

This evening I visited Christchurch Hospital's Emergency, because I've broken my arm......

So this souvenir from Mt Hutt, but I wanted to say: I really enjoyed snowbording and to fell over. This was a very special experience for me!!!