" He paused for a moment, and then continued, "If I can summon the courage, I might even be brave enough to venture inside these clubs that you've tol...d me so much about."A slight smile was beginning to return to his face."My point is: I can't constantly be worried that you will get into a fight, verbal or otherwise, with every idiot who says something to you, or looks at you, in a way you don't like."I took a few seconds and I contemplated what he had said. I was mature enough to know he was. She was a pretty prominent journalist for a local newspaper, owned her own book store on Main St, and coached the Volleyball team for the high school on Wednesdays. ‘Carrie, are you listening? Carrie? Hello earth to Carrie, come in Carrie…’ ‘Huh….wh…oh I’m sorry what were you saying?’ stammered Carrie as a slow blush crawled across her face, ‘Wait! What are you doing here and how did you get in? How do you know my name?’ ‘Shh it’s alright quiet down. I am sorry if I frightened you it wasn’t my. I nodded, but asudden thought had me reaching into my purse. I pulled out the smallcompact that was inside and opened it to examine my face. Luckily I hadgone light on the makeup, and I didn't look any worse for wear after thetears I had shed with Gran."I guess so," Kendra, one of the younger girls said. That got most ofthem laughing, and I blushed slightly as I replaced the compact in mypurse."And this is real?" Tracy continued. She was waving her hand over mysmall chest and the slight glimpse. Now it was autumn, so the nights were getting cooler.We booked into 'Dorset House' hostel and arranged our flights on Air NewZealand for the Wednesday. This was so we had a couple of days toprepare.The hostel was very close to the shuttle bus to the airport and it wasquite close to where we drop the bikes off. Arriving in Christchurch onthe Sunday, we decided that on the Monday we would have a girly day.This would mean that we had spent all our wages!So in effect we had see the country without.