It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

The rain is pouring down and the temperature feels about 10 degrees - how it reminds me of home :-)

But no matter, because it's a good opportunity to catch up on my postcard-, blog- and email-writing. I might even try to get into Facebook a bit more (yep, I have given up my resistance and joined, as well).

But first a few words about Queenstown: Again, the location is just stunning! (I have run out of adjectives to describe New Zealand's landscape). Located on lake Wakatipu and framed by mountains (you can go skiing there in the winter), it's just beautiful to look at (if it doesn't rain, but it didn't yesterday, and I got a great long hike in).

It is also the self-proclaimed adventure capital of the world: It's the home of (commercial) bungy, of course, plus you can go sky-diving, paragliding, parasailing, whitewater rafting, jetboating, kayaking, try the world largest swing, luging, and of course do frisbee-golf! All things I did without, though (I would have liked to do the rafting and paragliding, but not in this weather). I did, however, experience some great food in Queenstown. My favorite (and everybody else's) is Fergburger. Even better than Frankfurt's Die Kuh die lacht. I will go again tonight (which will be the third time). On the more upmarket side, I had a wonderful lunch yesterday at Pier 19, and another one today at Wai. Great fresh seafood! You can eat and drink so well in New Zealand, and I've given up on building that bikini-ready figure before getting to Australia. They'll just have to live with it!