Foxy...

So, Christchurch...
Christchurch was...pretty. Yup. That's a good description. It is a city who's downtown core has been made to be pretty for the tourists. They had a guy dressed in ye olde english attire making announcements in the town square. However the city made me feel like a dirty tourist, so i had to leave. Rather quickly. I took the train across the country to the west coast. The train ride was very scenic. We went past rivers and lakes and over tall bridges and blah blah blah all very good, but it was rather expensive and i fell asleep along the way.
Greymouth awaited me on the other side. Not much to Greymouth. Not much at all in fact. Not to mention that it was Saturday. Meaning that the whole town shut down at 2 in the afternoon. The girl sitting across from me on the bus was staying at the same hostel as me. It's nice to have someone to walk to the hostel with. Getting lost with other people is much more fun. Not that you can really get lost in Greymouth....Christchurch on the other hand... I got myself and this guy rather lost trying to find our hostel...something about map orientation, I could never get that right. anyway...Greymouth. Our hostel was the giant purple building, so it wasn't hard to find. It Had a really weird atmosphere, really disorganized. It took several phone calls to check myself and the other girl in....anyway, the room was nice enough, and there was free soup in the evening. good enough for me.
I only stayed one night in Greymouth, because as i said, there wasn't too much happening. So i headed to the town of Hokitika the next morning. Hokitika is home to the wild foods festival. which had happened the day before. Tourists come from all over to have the chance to eat sheep testicles and live grubs and all sorts of delicious (?) bits of animal and vegetable (trees were on the menu). Hoki is a cute little beach town with a laid back atmosphere and a lot of local artisans. You can also allegedly find jade on the beach. I tried and failed. I went on a hike with a danish lady yesterday. It was quite a nice walk up to a little lake, where she taught me how to weave flax flowers. It was cool, but my flower looked a little bit like roadkill.
I'm in the town of Fox Glacier right now, which is located (you guessed it) right near fox Glacier. I'm going on a glacier tour tomorrow. Right now, I'm waiting for my couch surf host to get off work so i can drop my stuff. Fox Glacier is a general store, a cafe and a bar. A cutesy sort of town.
And that's about it really... The west coast is Beautiful, Life is good, coffee situation has improved, but I'm still on the hunt for the perfect cup...
Love you all
Sydney :)