Christchurch!

This past weekend (becoming more like a week ago) we embarked to Christchurch for an ultimate tournament during the day saturday and sunday and the All-blacks vs. Australia rugby game Saturday night. It was a GREAT weekend. I left friday afternoon with my friends Colin and Spencer with a member of the dunedin frisbee team, arriving in Christchurch a little after eight. We stayed with family friends of spencer who were great hosts and put us up and fed us friday and saturday as well as driving us and picking us up from the tournament. We woke up early saturday morning as games started at 9. It was an exhausting but fun day and I enjoyed playing with everyone on my team. As part of the tournament we got access to a pool that was part of the complex we were at and we got to go swimming afterwards and go into sauna and hot tob. Apart from having both legs cramp up in the pool and almost drowning it was very relaxing.

After racing back home, changing and grabbing a quick bite to eat, we walked the hour to the stadium barely making the beginning of the match. We were lucky not to miss the haka, performed at the before the match, which was the highlight of the game. The game was pretty low scoring and not the most exciting but it was fun to be there and witness it. After the game was over we followed the rest of the crowd into the streets of christchurch and wandered around the city going to various bars and clubs over the course of the night. I went back around 1 which was pretty early because we had to get up early again the next day. After another long day of frisbee sunday, we returned back to Dunedin just after dinner (it's about a four hour drive), exhausted and sore.