Queenstown Day #1

12/5/07

Today we got up and went to the airport and flew to Queenstown. It is absolutely beautiful here. Queenstown is a small town on a huge lake, surrounded by mountains, and full of restaurants and bars. It reminds us of Blacksburg :) The weather is also so nice. It’s definitely a lot cooler here because it’s so much farther south than we were in Australia, and it’s a nice change from the heat.

Our hotel is really nice and has beautiful views of the mountains and lake. Check out the views:



When we got to our room, we decided to go down to the hotel bar for a snack and a few beers before we unpack. There weren’t many people in there, so we started talking with the 2 bartenders and they were really cool. One of them, Sarah, told us about a bunch of restaurants and bars to check out, so now we have a good idea of where to hang out.

After a few beers and some yummy nachos, we took showers to freshen up and went out to eat. We went to a place called Winnie’s and had some pizza, hot wings, and beer and wine. It was great. And what’s also great about this place being so far south is how long the sun is up. It rises around 6 am and doesn’t set until after 9 pm! We were so used to getting up early and then passing out between 9-10 pm because the sun set so early in Australia, but with the sun staying out so late, we didn’t get tired early, which was nice. We actually didn’t go to eat dinner until 8:30 or so.

After dinner, we walked around the town to different bars, but not much was going on. Most bars are open really late, some even as late as 5am, so it seems like people get a late start in going out, which is kind of a problem for me since I get tired early :) but I’m trying. We went back to Winnie’s eventually, since there were actually people there, and we played some pool. Then Paul walked me home around midnight and he went back out for a few hours without me.

We decided that we like Queenstown so much we are going to extend our time here and skip Nelson, which is a small beach town at the northern tip of the southern island, which is where we were going to go sky diving, but we can have a great sky diving experience here, in the extreme sports capital of the world. YAY!