The Chance of a Lifetime...

3rd and final part of s. Island

This is the 3rd part, up until today, so start reading from a couple of entires ago...hopefully this will work like that...

The next day we hopped on the bus again and headed to Queenstown- adventure capital of NZ. Apparently if you did EVERY adventure activity it would take 35 8hr days and NZ$6,000!! Crazy!! I wasn't feeling good at all for most of the bus ride, and when we got to a bridge to bunjy jump I was 1 of the only people on the bus not to do it. Dave did it tandem w/ Baggins, Dirk did it, and so it Cara and Will aswell as a few others. Eventually we left the bridge and made our way into Queenstown. By the time we got into town I thought I was going to be sick, and I NEVER puke!! We stopped to pick someone up and I had to beg Baggins to open the door so I could get out- he thought I was joking around- sweet (later he felt really bad!). Anyways I didn't puke, and got back on the bus, we got to our hostel, I checked in, dumped my bags and was going to go to bed...buttt we needed to book our activity for the next day..Dave and I went and booked Mad Dog River Boarding, well I let Dave do everything and I just handed over the money, then went to bed!! About an hour later I felt fine and got up, showered etc. A group of us from the bus went to dinner at Fergburger- Amazingly delicious burgers, and they're massive!! From there we went to the bars!! We started in the bar attached to the hostel...Dirk and I had tequila sunrise's hahah (remember?? The sunrise??) Haha. Uh and a few other drinks, later on we went to the Worl Bar where they're famous for Teapots (fish bowls but they poor it into shot glasses- weird). We hung out for a while, there was a fight and uh I dunno, it was pretty fun. We left there around 1.30 and went home. although Will went for another Fergburger- crazy! The next morning Dirk left on the bus to Christchurch and Will and Cara went to another hostel. Dave and I slept late, wandered around town and then went River Boarding!! Basically you get a wetsuit, fins, a helmet and a boogie/body-board then you jump into a grade 3 white river and try and hang on to your board and survive to the end!! It was tons of fun, Dave and I did the 5km stretch of river twice, then got dragged along behind the jet ski and thrown off, then jumped off some rocks...its was tons of fun!! We got dropped back in town in the early evening, we showered etc and hung out. I was exhausted so just had a juice in the bar (I'm cool, I know) Nads was there and got Dave drinking, Sebastian was there too (met him in Franz J) but I was tired and called it a night pretty early.
The next day (xmas eve) we hopped on the bus back to Christchurch. We passd through Cromwell which is the furthest inland town on s. Island. Stopped a few times and made it into Ch.Ch. Around 3.30pm. Milt picked us up from town center and we went home!
I should give you all a family tree so you know who I'm talking about from now on...ready? Its complicated.
Lynny (dad's sis); milt- lynnys husband, my uncle; craig- cousin; jane- other cousins (mike) wife, Will- mike and jane's 3 year old. (Mike jane and will live in England, mike is there at the moment, jane and will are visiting). Then there's Grandad- dad's dad, and Joy- grandad's wife, Lynny's mum. Got it?? Ok good! :)
Xmas day-
We got up around 8.30, showered and got ready. Grandad and Joy came over and we opened presents. Then we ate a brunch and hung out for a while- mainly watching Will parade about with his gifts- super cute! Grandad and Joy left and we all went over to Jane's dad's house for xmas dinner. There were about 18 in total so I won't name people haha. We hung out, opened more gifts and ate a MASSIVE xmas dinner comprising of: venison steak, bbq'ed sausages, ham, chicken, salad, asparagus, carrots, beans, brussel sprouts and maybe more! Crazy amount of food, but delicious! Then for desert we had Pavlova and fresh boysenberries, and xmas pudding!! Amazing!! We hung out with everyone for a while, I watched Ice Age 2 with the kids! :) and eventually we went home to bed!
Boxing day- we took Dave on a tour of Ch.Ch. And the surrounding area, including the beaches- v. Pretty but the weather was (and still is) rubbish! Came home, dave made some calls to find a place to stay in Sydney and I walked Finn. Oh I forgot Finn and Murphy in the family tree!! Finn is a chocolate labrador and Murphy is a black cat, both belong to Lynny and Milt.
On the 27th Lynny and I drove Dave to the airport at some ridiculous hour of the morning. This is where Dave and my trip ends! Sad :( Dave flew off to Sydney and I went back to bed! Eventually I got up and Lynny and I just hung around for the day.
The next day (28th) lynny and I went shopping in the sales but didn't really find anything. I phoned a few places for jobs and volunteer opp's but almost everything is closed until the 8th! We went to Grandad and Joy's for dinner and hung out with them for a while. Then we came home and went for a family walk with Finn :)
On the 29th Lynny and I went shopping somewhere else, and in the car park we bumped into Greg Sommerville. Who's that? He's and All Black (NZ national rugby team)! How cool is that!! My cousin Mike used to be the fitness trainer for the All Blacks so he knows them all, and so do Lynny and Milt! Sweet! And pretty much everyone in NZ is familiar w/ the All Blacks, they're amazing! So yeah that was cool- my first famous kiwi! Hooray!! Not much else happened this day...and I can't remember what we did on the 30th, probably not much.
On the 31st we didn't do much either, although I did go for a run! then I got ready and lynny and milt dropped me at Craigs place for new years eve. his roomie Dave was there, and a couple of their friends- Jo and Ollie, Andrew, and Randall. We had a few beers and then went out. We went to a new club called Boogie Nights. Its a 60's-70's themed place that played oldies! It was tons of fun! Jo and I split from the guys and went dancing on the light-up dance floor haha, it was great! Oh and the DJ's booth is an old VW van haha. We counted down to midnight- although I think it was a bit late- and we kept dancing. I met some new people pretty randomly- a set of twins Mike and Todd, Mike's g/f and another dude, Dave (another Dave!) They came and danced with our group and it was tons of fun! Eventually left there at about 2.30 and went to Shooters bar next door which was just a regular bar with a dance floor but it was huge!! Hung out there for a while, talked to the twins more- Todd is a rower, ha. Can't get away from rowers!! Ch.Ch. Has 3 club teams so its a pretty big, and apparently pretty good rowing city...I'll have to check it out. So new year was tons of fun and I met quite a few people so that's cool :)
On the 1st we had a nice brunch and then I slept pretty much all day! Jane's sister, Sarah and her 7 year old Harriett came over and went to see "Happy Feet" with Will but I was too tired so stayed home. After dinner we watched Forest Gump (Milt's fav) and went to bed!
Today is the 2nd and I'm finally up to date!! Hooray!! Leave some love, this too FOREVER!
Hope everyone had a great new years eve!! Happy New Year!!
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posted by Kirby @ 4:11 PM