Here is a link to a remarkable series of photos from the Picasa Web album of Ross Becker.
As citizens of Christchurch this area is still out of bounds to us although surrounding streets are opening up to traffic and the sights we are seeing are shocking us to the core.
I think the one thing we cannot comprehend is how lucky we all were to survive baring in mind the shaking was stronger than that felt in the Japanese Quake in March ...see a previous blog for a link to that report.
On Wednesday night TV ONE are screening a documentary on '5 days in The Red Zone' - you should be able to view this through their website 'on demand'.
Otherwise life continues...I will update on a more personal note later this week - we are all well and happy ...maybe happyish is more accurate...but trying to be positive about our future and that of our favourite city.
Went to a great Birthday dinner on Saturday night at Tiffany's - made all the better by the fact that the world didn't end as predicted. Bloody man - how dare he rattle our nerves like that - plus he predicted it was all going to start in Godzone NZ - probably doesn't even know where we are !
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Len and Stephanie - Half way around the world and safe we found your latest blog so distressing and as such realised we can't even begin to imagine what you are going through. Thank goodness you and all your family are safe. Your resilience and retention of a semblance of sense of humour is no more than we would expect - its what we loved about you the day we met and why we fell in love with NZ. I smiled as you noted that you had to enter TWH illegally to recover as many possessions as you could...I smiled because I knew that 2 of NZ's finest artefacts were in fact already safe regardless of their daring raid. You are rarely far from our thoughts, though admittedly we have not contacted you as often as we should. I don't know what else to say but remind you that we love you dearly and if needed there will always be a room in Leicester for you. With best wishes always Chris and Shirley. xx
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