Friday – Fly to Queenstown

We dropped off our car rental at the Christchurch airport and boarded our flight to Queenstown. We ran into the same flight attendents we’d had in our other flights so it’s a small world here in NZ. After we picked up our car in Queenstown we headed over to our hotel/apartment. I must say that the view from our room is spectacular! I must also say this is by far the best place we’ve stayed during our trip. I’m planning on posting a hotel review after our trip so you’ll learn more later…

After getting settled, we headed down to the Queenstown town centre. Queenstown is a small alpine-like village with a population of 16,000. The shops in downtown primarily consist of cafe’s, booking agencies, restaurants and touristy things. The most amazing thing is that the center is right next to the bay with features a beautiful lake enclosed by mountain ranges.6883

At the town centre, we picked up some groceries to try to make some home cooked meals. Eating out here is expensive and too often tasteless…..

We had a pretty good spagetti dinner accompanied by two tantilizing bottles of wine from Canterbury House. A merlot and a sauvingon. Delicious!