I can not think of a better place to bring in the New Year than in Queenstown, New Zealand! Mel and I flew into Queenstown around 9 a.m. on the 31st and Aaron picked us up shortly afterward. After a quick trip to the grocery and an even quicker nap, we were mixing cocktails with Charlotte, Simon, Stacy, Bails, Dan, Emmy and Billy in our amazing apartment over looking Lake Wakatipu. Around 11 p.m. we headed out to Barluga for the slightly blurry NYE countdown. Impressively, Mel and I both lasted later than 2:30 a.m. at the bar... not too shabby for the lack of sleep and jet lag.
The next day, we were a bit slow, but we managed to head out to Arrowtown - a sleepy town that was booming in the New Zealand Gold Rush era. Although the Gold is no longer there, the town still has all its charm. Mel found some great buys in the little shops and we enjoyed a cuppa out in the beautiful sunshine that always finds Arrowtown.
Following our relaxing New Years Day, Aaron booked us three on a three hour Jet Boat ride down the Dart River in Glenorchy (imagine Lord of the Rings region). It was stunning and wonderful and totally worth the pretty penny, plus we lucked out that the New Zealand Weather Gods were in a calm mood that day (we all know they can get a bit feisty).
The rest of the time in Queenstown, we spent reading our books in the sunshine on the patio and cooking BBQs with friends and enjoying the scenery of Q-town.
Mel and I had a blast for NYE, but we sure did miss ringing in the new year with our big group of friends, but we know you girls had no problems kicking in 2010 in great fashion and style!!
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