New Zealand continued

Kia Ora...or hello in Maori (New Zealand native). The last post was a quick and dirty run down of the bulk of our trip and we were traveling so I couldn't finish it in a nice way. Now, since we are back in Sydney for a few days before our final homecoming, I wanted to share the last few days of our beautiful, awesome, wonderful vacation.

July 8th- Today, we decided to drive to Lake Te Anau, which is supposedly very pretty. It took us five hours but in the mean time, we took plenty of time and just took in the scenery. I never knew how mountainous this country was and well, its just WOW. I just can't get over it. Most beautiful place in the world, for sure.

So, we got to the lake and it was quite cloudy and bitterly cold. We didn't think this would deter us...but when you get there and you are eating a PB&J with nothing too gorgeous happening, you start thinking the car is an awful warm place. So we drove around and found a hike around a lake called Lake Mistletoe. The sun tried to come out, but nothing doing. Oh well. We did get a few photos out of it.



But the best part of this day by far is when we got to experience the epitome of that which is New Zealand....WE SHEEP MUSTERED!!!!

We were driving and found all these sheep trying to cross the road...but we wanted to drive, so we mustered them and it was absolutely awesome



Sheep mustering

After our fun, we went to Queenstown for the night, bought a few souvenirs and then went to bed.

July 8th- Our last big day!!! We had to drive around six hours from Queenstown to Christchurch because we had our flight from there, but that didn't mean we wouldn't have any adventures.

On our way to Christchurch, we found a beautiful bridge and I was really mad at Paul so I told him that he should just go jump off it...and he did. It was quite embarrassing because Paul screamed like a dying gorilla on the way down. It was pretty funny. He survived though, so no need to be scared for him. He finished it and he's healthy and annoying again :).

We also stopped at Lake Tekapo and saw heaps of snow, which tickled Paul who has rarely seen snow.



Well, that was about it. That's it for our fabulous happy time in New Zealand and Australia. We will be leaving Sydney on Monday for the States and will be in on...well, Monday.

Thank you, for everyone who followed our blog. We hoped you enjoyed this crazy, fun filled adventure. I know we have. We are so sad to see this wonderful country and experience go, but hey, it's on to our future. I don't know what's behind that next bend in the road, but I sure do have good company with me :). Thank you for all the love and we will see you very soon.





Also, to my past students, I will see you very soon...

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