Tomorrow Chris and I depart on our South Island Adventure. I don't know if I will be blogging all week and if I can there still may not be pictures. I know there are places to use the internet but we may not want to stop the adventure to blog. So, I am going to leave everyone with a list of links detailing our daily activities. At least you can log on and check out the official website to where we are each day.
Tuesday, Dec 11th:
We are staying in an area outside of Christchurch called Akaroa. We are staying in place called Halfmoon Cottage which is next door to Barry's Bay Cheese. Guess who is going to eat too much cheese?
Wednesday, Dec 12th:
We will make our way south to Queenstown via Mount Cook. We are just going to do a gentle walk and view the Mountain from The Hermitage.
We are spending a total of 4 nights in Queenstown at the Colonial Village Motel. The room has a kitchenette so we can save money by having snacks and breakfast. There is the most to do in Queenstown but since there are a lot of tourists everything is pricey.
Thursday, Dec 13th:
We made Thursday our free day since we will have done a lot of driving the day before. Our plan is to do a walk around town being sure to include the Kiwi & Birdlife Park (I have to see a Kiwi) and the Skyline Gondola. At the top of the ride there is a traditional Kiwi Haka which is a Maori dance. I also want to do the Central Otago Wine Experience; we are actually not touring the topmost part of the South Island which is where the majority of NZ wine comes from.
Friday, Dec 14th:
This is the big day! We are riding in the Shotover Jet. If you have ever watched a travel special on New Zealand you have seen these boats in action. When the day is over we will head to Arrowtown to have a pint at a bar called The Blue Door which is recommended by a friend.
Saturday, Dec 15th:
We head out on a 12 hour round trip to Milford Sound. There are several tour operators who take buses from Queenstown and then give boat tours of the sounds. We skipped the standard issue bus tours and opted for the "party" bus aka The BBQ bus.
Sunday, Dec 16th:
We leave Queenstown and head to Franz Josef. On the way we will pass through Wanaka and go to Puzzling World. If the weather is nice we will pass by the Cardrona Bra Fence. If I had brought a cheap bra, I would leave one. Once in Franz Josef we are staying at Glow Worm Cottages which has free nightly vegetable soup!
Monday, Dec 17th:
We head back across the island to Christchurch via Arthur's Pass and Methven.
We are staying the night at Colombo in the City.
Tuesday, Dec 18th:
Our return flight isn't until the evening so we are free to explore Christchurch. Things on our list include the botanic gardens, Nga Hau e Wha (the largest Maori village), The International Antartic Centre, the Arts Centre, and shopping at Untouched World.
Then we will be back in Auckland. If I am not able to post pictures until then I will flood you with them the next day.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Day 8: About Town
I actually posted about day 6 on day 7, so that is why it skips a day.
Today Chris and I went out and about by ourselves. He took me around the University of Auckland which is where he went. I learned that in Universities here you only take classes related to your major. So Chris was in engineering and had to take math but not English or History. It sounds good in theory but he can't quote Shakespeare like I can.
We went around the area shopping. We went up a big hill where you can see all of Auckland. We also went back to an art shop I had been in earlier in the week with Chris's mom and bought a nice print. It is a painting of Auckland done in a sort of bright fanciful way. Pretty modern.
Chris also bought me a nice t-shirt and I bought a hat to wear out in the sun.
We went to lunch at the Blue Cat Cafe (couldn't resist) and I had a toasted panini with chicken, apricots and cream cheese.
I actually got a bad migraine so we came home about 3:00 and I had a nice nap. I think my mom has been worried if I didn't get a migraine all month that I really might move here. It's safe mom, I still have headaches upside down. -The humidity was 99%, that's the cause of it.
Speaking of, we walked by a fountain today and where the water drains to pump back the top some leaves were circling. Water really does go down the drain the other way!
PS My mom's good friend and my painted furniture diva mentor, Barbara, is in the hospital in Owensboro. Will all my praying friends please say one for her? Thanks!
Today Chris and I went out and about by ourselves. He took me around the University of Auckland which is where he went. I learned that in Universities here you only take classes related to your major. So Chris was in engineering and had to take math but not English or History. It sounds good in theory but he can't quote Shakespeare like I can.
We went around the area shopping. We went up a big hill where you can see all of Auckland. We also went back to an art shop I had been in earlier in the week with Chris's mom and bought a nice print. It is a painting of Auckland done in a sort of bright fanciful way. Pretty modern.
Chris also bought me a nice t-shirt and I bought a hat to wear out in the sun.
We went to lunch at the Blue Cat Cafe (couldn't resist) and I had a toasted panini with chicken, apricots and cream cheese.
I actually got a bad migraine so we came home about 3:00 and I had a nice nap. I think my mom has been worried if I didn't get a migraine all month that I really might move here. It's safe mom, I still have headaches upside down. -The humidity was 99%, that's the cause of it.
Speaking of, we walked by a fountain today and where the water drains to pump back the top some leaves were circling. Water really does go down the drain the other way!
PS My mom's good friend and my painted furniture diva mentor, Barbara, is in the hospital in Owensboro. Will all my praying friends please say one for her? Thanks!
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