Although we are both excited to be travelling, our adventure is tinged with sadness. Our two main travelling buddies, Donna and Mark, are unable to join us.
My ponderings
What will we do without our holiday planner? Donna organised our whole trip, including flights and accommodation.
Who is going to lead us on all our highlights and go with me to a day spa? Donna finds the best things to do and we had a great day spa planned.
Who is going to entertain Wayne and enjoy his mischievous antics? Donna is Wayne’s partner-in-crime particularly when sweets and lolly shops are involved?
Who is going to be my muse? I rely on Mark for my humorous anecdotes.
Most importantly, who is going to keep Wayne calm and play golf with him? Mark always calms Wayne down when he starts to get stressed. There is no way I am playing golf.
Losing our travelling buddies did mean a few last minute scrambles. Thankfully, Wayne took over and began reorganising things.
Day 1 began early – walking Mindy, getting to the airport (thanks to neighbour, Jacqueline) and waiting for our flight.
Donna’s choice of accommodation was excellent. We are residing in a spectacular 2 bedroom apartment overlooking Lake Wakatipu.
Travelling without Donna and Mark meant:
I panicked and declared my smoothie powder at customs. The customs officer nearly rolled her eyes at me. D&M would have assured me it was all right and not a plant based product to be declared. As usual, I ignored Wayne who had the same advice.
Wayne’s watch is 3 hours behind and he doesn’t know how to reset it. Neither of us knew how to stop the International Roaming so kept our phones on aeroplane mode for the first few hours in NZ.
Choosing a place to eat took us an hour of walking and we ended up back at the first place we considered. No way would Mark have let that happen.
The sun was still up when we returned home. Donna and Mark will be pleased to hear that Wayne purchased a bottle of red for his nightcap.
Without our normal game of cards with D&M, we settled for a quiet drink and a ridiculous action movie. I gave up after an hour and went to bed – 9:30 NZ time…6:30 Qld time.
Queenstown in Autumn 
Tell dad that he is reminding me of Da with the blanket!!
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