Yesterday we decided to hop on the Number 28 bus to Lyttelton to see the sights and eat at a highly recommend restaurant called London Street. Along the way we passed through a tunnel (which saves probably 30-45 minutes of travel time) and the bus stopped to exchange some passengers at the Christchurch Gondola. We are holding off on the gondola experience until family and friends visit. After about 40 minutes, we departed the bus at the last stop which was located on the actual shipping docks. The town of Lyttelton is very quaint, small, and hilly.  From almost every house there is a beautiful view of the harbour with its Caribbean-coloured water.  Lyttelton is a historic town and is one of the major international shipping hubs for New Zealand.  There was a huge cruise ship docked along with other various fishing boats, cargo ships, and dolphin-sightseeing boats.  We proceeded to walk around town and shop a bit.  I found two interesting bottles of wine in a cool little organic wine shoppe/food market/restaurant.  One of the bottles is a 1997 Australian red blend and the other is a 2002 Cab Sav from Australia.  I will be sure to post a review after we pop the cork!

We continued to walk around town and eventually decided that there wasn’t anything else to do.  We didn’t feel like waiting around until the restaurant opened, so we walked back to the bus stop and came home.  Our plan is to take the bus out to Lyttelton again just for dinner during the week sometime; maybe to celebrate a work milestone (there are some coming up soon).

I took some great photos and posted them into a Lyttelton Set on our Flickr page. Please have a look and check out our other photos while you’re there!