Two weeks before I visited New Zealand in 2011, a major tragedy hit the area when an Earthquake devastated the town of Christchurch. Our travel plans had us staying three nights in Christchurch, so we needed to be diverted away from the city in order to have a place to stay (our original hotel was not operational). This unfortunate tragedy brought us to a hotel near the Franz … [Read more...] about Friday Photo: Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand (via Helicopter)