Queenstown

But not too far.  Just to the caravan park up the road.  The first of many caravan parks we would visit.  We parked and set out on foot to explore the city.

This is how Queenstown describes itself:

"With a smorgasbord of outdoor activities, Queenstown is the home of the ultimate adventure bucket list. There’s skiing from winter right through to spring, and activities such as bungy jumping, sky diving, canyon swinging, jet boating, horse trekking and river rafting all year round. It is also a renowned cycling destination, providing everything from easy scenic tracks to backcountry trails, road rides to heli-biking and the Southern Hemisphere’s only gondola accessed downhill mountain biking."

I wish I could say that we partook in at least one of these daring adventures.  But we didn't.


 We did "discover" an excellent burger joint.  Ferburger. 

 
 

It was a popular little place.  Often touted as having the best burgers in New Zealand.





And it deserves every bit of praise it gets.  The burgers are scrumdiddlyumptious.


After our wild and daring Ferburger adventure, we walked and walked and walked some more all over the city.  Until we got very thirsty and so decided to swing into the Minus 5 Bar for a bit of booze.

The temperature inside was set at -5 degrees, which was completely unexpected.  Gotta love a good gimmick!

At the entrance you don some bearskin jackets or something similar and special super warm boots.  Gloves, beanies, the whole bit.  Because everything in side is made of ice - the seats, tables, bars, sculptures.  Even the glasses to drink from. And it was really cool because after you finished your drink you had to smash the ice-glass to smithereens in a designated glass-smashing space.  We sampled quite a few of their delicious drink offerings.  And took looooooots of photos like good little tourists.  It was a really spectacular setting so we couldn't be blamed for our shutter-buggery. 



We got all excited because into our cocktails, they were pouring a syrup called 'Monin' which is produced in Bourges, very close to where Romain grew up in France.

After eating and drinking our way through the city, we decided it was time to move on.




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