After a
long radio silence post of today concerns mostly the progress we have made in
these past few weeks we have stayed in Queenstown. Don’t get me wrong we still
wake up every morning opening the thick curtains in our room just to gaze the
incredible scenery like two drugged lamas gazing a bale and yes we still amaze the
sunrises, the sheep, driving on the left side of the road, the smell of the air
and the endless amount of leaves falling from the trees.
However, we still
have made some progress in some areas of our life. Firstly, even though
everything is still awesome we miss people back home; our family, friends and
even dogs and cats. This has caused Lotta, a total anti-smart-phone-person to
remove certain apps from her phone just to be able to acquire WhatsApp and eat
a whole hamburger size of her head. Miia, on the other hand, a total anti-swim-person, jumped to a
freezing cold river, floated through few small rapids’ and actually enjoyed it. So
yes, this place truly makes people do crazy things :P
Secondly, we
have almost finished the first part of our data collecting process related to
our thesis. And so far it hasn’t felt like work at all. Ok so we’ve had to wake
up at six o’clock almost every morning, drive to town, search a parking lot
from a busy city center and after waiting for few hours drive out from the city
to get about 50 seconds of interviews. But then again what could be more
perfect place to do it? The people of the first company, Queenstown Rafting,
have been so obliging and helpful not to mention their great sense of humor.
And like the icing on the cake they offered us a rafting trip for free! So on
Saturday we jumped to a raft filled with teenage boys and an awesome maori
guide and cruise down the Shotover River. And it was definitely a river worth
of experiencing <3
The third
measurement of our progress is both positive and negative at the same time. The
time in our current accommodation at the lovely milieu of Slope Hill is coming
to an end on Saturday. However it’s also exiting as we
are going to transfer ourselves to the other side of the city, into a whole new
family for a one more week before leaving this dreamy city. There are just some things you
have to do before you are ready (if you’re ever going to be ready) to leave Queenstown…
With Love
Miia & Lotta
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