Arriving in Queenstown we checked in at Bungi Backpackers which has rooms with names instead of numbers, my room was named Earnslaw (whoever that is…). The hostel looked like Queenstown was promised to be like, young, party-like atmosphere and walls full of comics and murals. We got organized and walked to the Gondola to do at least one of the fun things in the city. We rode up the hill and first enjoyed stunning views to the surrounding mountains (the Remarkables – they are remarkable) and Lake Wakatipu.
After that we had two rounds on the Luge, you ride little carts on a track with bumps, dips and turns – just speed and fun!
In the afternoon we watched a movie „The King’s Speech“, by the way a very good movie if you understand the jokes, which I (after some rewinding) actually did. Proud of myself!
In good foresight we took care to save money and had some glasses of the cheap Christchurch rum before meeting the Lincoln students. Thus, well preapared, we went into the city and found the agreed bar. All of them were there! There were lots of „hello’s“, „How how are you’s“ and „What did you do these last days?“, so we ended up gossipping like school children.
