We had big plans for today: laundry, charging, downloads and back-ups.
It’s a grey and showery day outside so we decided to stay in for the day and do all our chores. This worked up to a point but the view across the lake to the mountains beyond has been majestical all day so we haven’t got quite as much done as we might have. In fairness, we picked this AirBnB because of the views. The clouds have been moving around the hills all day; the view’s different every few seconds.
We can also see the runway at Queenstown airport; it’s surprisingly busy – light aircraft and helicopters fitting in between the airliners.
We stopped watching the mountains at 14:45 and watched out for the Flying Kiwi bus leaving town. It felt a bit odd watching them heading out on the journey that we started 4 weeks ago. The first campsite tonight is really lovely, next to Lake Wanaka. It doesn’t look like they’ll have quite the sunset that we did.
We watched a bit of TV on our laptops this afternoon – it took me 90 minutes to get through 45 minutes of a program because of the constant interruptions from the clouds.
The last meal I cooked was in Napier about a month ago – pasta, halloumi cheese and Pinot Noir. Without thinking about it, we ended up with the same meal today (something quick and easy). We have got a week here so there will be a bit more variety. I’ve bought some feijoas to keep my vitamins up.
If Paul McCartney was with you he would definitely write a follow-up to Mull of Kintyre. And he might help out with the cooking too.
I am watching mountains all day. It is fantastic. They don’t come much better than the Matterhorn.