Lyttleton

(Apologies for these photos. It was actually much more beautiful - the colour is lost with car windows.)

Then instead of heading back on the same route, we went through Lyttleton. We read about the island in the middle of this harbor that was used for a leper colony.

This area of Christchurch does not see the sun at all during winter. They are in the shadow of the mountain and in winter the sun is so low that they stay in the mountain's shadow.

It was fun for the girls to drive through a tunnel back to the centre of town.

And that was the mountain we just drove under.