Sunday – Queenstown

Rained out! We had planned to do our Milford Sound trip but the rain & cold kept us at bay. We spent the day with a trip to the town centre. We did some wine tasting at a place called “Wine Tasting.” This place features wines produced all over the central Otago region. We sampled 13 great wines and ended up buying 3 for the return trip home. We had originally planned on driving to the vineyards but the icy weather made us think twice. Many of the mountain roads don’t have any railing so you can easily and literally fall off a cliff here.

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At the town centre we had the best food we’ve had since we’ve been in New Zealand at a place called Winnie’s Gourmet Pizza. The pizza was the best; it had a “California Pizza Kitchen” feel to it but the food was much better. After lunch, the pouring rain and bitter cold kept us indoors and Bart was dying to see X-Men 3 so we went to the cinema to check it out. The “cinema” is quite an experience here. Aside from it being a place for babysitting pre-teens, the rooms themselves hold only about 60 people max and the screen is rather small. After the movie, the rain kept pouring so we headed back to the apartment to take some much needed rest.