Day 15: Like Being on a movie set

It was still raining when we woke up in Franz Josef. We started off down the road to the glacier but the road is dirt, winding, and had a ranging river on one side and since we could only see about 10 feet in front of us we turned back.
Again we drove through rain forest and then over rocky mountains and then through tussock (looks like dead monkey grass) fields and green mountains. Then we were in Christchurch. I can see why so many movies and shows film here. You can reach almost any kind of landscape you desire within an hour of a city. It is almost incredible to watch the landscape change.
Once we got into Christchurch, we picked up Anna's key and drove out to Sumner to the beach. It was so beautiful. Then we road up the Christchurch Gondola to check out the view.
It was great.
We ordered Hell's pizza with Anna and Oscar who is her Siamese. Chris is the cat whisperer, no doubt. Although his hands look like he got into a bar fight because Oscar is too fast for Chris. It is skinny like Chris who is too accustomed to playing with Snoopy who won't always play if you are out of her reach when she is lying down.