You asked for it — you got it — here is another Christchurch Chronicle from Cathy Cadieux:

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Hello Canada,

Well, it’s the second day of our break here in New Zealand, before the rest of the team arrives this Friday.  Three members of our small group have gone off to Queenstown for two days.  The rest have stayed in Christchurch and are touring the city OR, in the case of Sue McRae, Mike Bacon and Cathy Cadieux, trying to recover from the “Maine Plague.”

It seems that all our players who attended the Bash at the Bay tournament the weekend prior to our departure, came in contact with a wicked cold/flu.  Two of the players who arrived with the bug, have recovered, but the rest of us just came down with it yesterday.  So, on this beautiful, sunny, Spring day, we are quietly resting up with a nice breeze blowing through the curtains of our sliding doors.  There are definitely worse places to be with a cold.

However, we are ALL planning a trip to Hanmer Springs tomorrow.  It’s supposed to be a lovely place where we’ll go jet-boating and then climb into the thermal pools for a nice relaxing spa.  Of course Marco (you can always count on Marco) said perhaps we should avoid the “healing” powers of the spa as they might make all of our players ineligible for rugby.  Thanks Marco!

Hey Canada, don’t forget to send your warm thoughts to the team at ccadieux@cwsa.ca or by replying in the comments section of the Road Journal.  I know the guys would love to see messages from home, throughout our stay here, and I’ll make sure they get those messages.

I’ll send more tomorrow, after our Hanmer Springs Adventure!

Cathy