Hello! After Queenstown the family had a bit of a problem. Lucy was staying behind and then there was no room on the bus for Marissa or Princess. Apparently they hadn't booked onto the bus so they couldn't go with us, it was so so sad our family was dispersing!
With our new bus driver and new group there were some new places to see! To be honest, I can't quite remember the name of this lake. It was so incredibly blue with rolling mountains. The picture doesn't do it justice, it was really amazing.
Here is one of our first looks at Mt Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand.
When we got to our hostel James and Hannah were really tired from not getting sleep in Queenstown so they needed a nap and a good bath (there was a real bath tub in out room it was so exciting!). Queenie and I decided to do the hike to the base of Mt Cook. There were some foot bridges on the walk, Mom I thought you would love them especially when they swang with the wind.
There were a few other obstacles on the way. Queenie had to shuffle on the railing of this cliff because of the big puddle, it was really funny to watch. Then I just walked right through the puddle with my hiking boots.
Postcard perfect much?
And we made it! When you're there it just looks like the scariest, craziest mountain ever. I could never imagine hiking it. It was extremely windy and cold at this point so we didn't stay too long.
But we stayed long enough to take a few pictures! Queenie tried about a hundred times to get us and the mountain in the picture but it was pretty hard haha.
That night I learned how to cook fried rice. Hannah is a chef so she taught me a lot throughout the trip, I can cut a pepper and avocado perfectly (I'll cut them up for that dinner you all are inviting me too! hahaha).
Love and miss you all,
Michele
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