Back in Timaru from our 2 day trek to Queenstown. For those not familiar with NZ geography, Queenstown is about 4 hours south of Timaru aka 4 hours through hills of sheep and cows. There are 40 million sheep in NZ and 4.3 million people. Just a little factoid for those who were curious.
Tom and Andre drove down with us in our little station wagon. The radio didn't work, so we sang along to my iPod and its tiny tiny speakers. Upon arriving, we started the endless quest of teaching the German boys every game we know. They don't play many games so there are many to teach. Smoke or fire, King's, 7-11- doubles, spuds, zoo, hearts, gin, the works. Then upon Ping's suggestion, we went to a burger joint in the middle of town. They serve burgers the size of my head. That says a lot, seeing as I have a fairly large head. Haha.
Post dinner, we went to Minus 5, an ice bar. It was -7 C. Even I was cold in the huge jacket and gloves and I have a tendency to run warm. The bar was pretty cool (no pun intended) and we definitely had a ball posing with the frozen chairs and statues.
Yesterday, the boys suggested we take a hike to the peak. Katie, Shaun and I aren't much of hikers, and especially not in our jeans and tennis shoes. With a little encouragement, we began our adventure on the trail through the woods. Andre and Tom kept saying "We already passed the hardest part." And "We're almost there". I think the hike might have been a little easier if I were as tall as they are (Both are about 6"4") but we made it to the top eventually. I'm pretty sore today but Advil is doing the trick.
Tomorrow, Tom and Andre are going to make us German Apple Strudel and we're going to teach them to make s'mores. Our tutorial will be the camp out scene from "The Sandlot" (naturally). If you're not sure what scene I'm talking about, type "Sandlot s'more" into Youtube and you'll know exactly how to make a s'more. "Some more what?" Hahah I love that movie.
Hope everyone back home is staying healthy. I heard the flu is raging in CA. Much love from the other side of the Pacific xo.
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Wow, both the NZ sheep and humans are reproducing well. When I was there in '86, it was 30M sheep and 3M people.
ReplyDelete"we went to Minus 5, an ice bar. It was -7C." Contradictory much?
ReplyDeleteYea the flu is raging here. I've had the swine variety for about a week now.