my aunt's room
trying to keep warm and take pictures at the same time with gloves on, too tricky.
for the past five days, well.. since thursday early morning here, i've been in south island. my aunt and i flew from auckland to christchurch at 6:25 am.
after renting a car we drove to mt. cook, with beautiful sights! it's my aunt's favorite place in south island... and the view is breathtaking.
we stayed in a youth hostel that night... fully decked out with a communal kitchen, bathroom, and lounge room. people from all over the globe were there... trying to communicate in their various languages in broken english.
the next morning we drove to queenstown. we stayed at shotover lounge over there, and after deciding to take it easy and have just a nice night without any hiking... we stayed in watching the x-files movie and enjoying some hot soup. hahaha. horrible movie by the way. my aunt was swooning over moulder though, of course.
the next day we went to milford sound which is possibly the prettiest thing i've seen here...
enjoyed it, clearly.
after a delightful day trip including a coach ride and boat cruise through milford sound, we drove back to
"shotover lounge" for indian food and heat. we watched the international and tropic thunder before going to sleep. gotta love the randomness of the sky movie network.
the next day we drove to dunedin, a gorgeous university town. we ate at a great little italian restaurant called estrusco (even got free hot chocolate from the waiter).
i'll have more up with details later.
but dunedin was our last stop before heading off to christchurch, stopping for a bit in omaru on the way.
i look like such the tourist.
