a day of ups and downs

I hereby resolve to start no more blog entries with the word “so.”

I took the bus from Franz Josef to Wanaka today, a small lakeside town about an hour away from Queenstown. I decided to stop and stay here based on a recommendation from a girl I met in the nice hostel in Auckland. She did not steer me wrong. This place is amazing! I share a room with three other girls, and we have our own bathroom. Everything’s very new and clean. It has a huge stainless-steel kitchen, a huge common room, and best of all an AMAZING view! It is literally looking right out over the lake, with mountains behind. In fact, I even have a view of the water from my bunkbed. And how much does this lake-view ensuite room cost me per night? 23 dollars a night, ladies and gentlemen.

I would totally post pictures of this AMAZING view, but there’s a downside to my story: I lost my camera today!! I discovered it was missing when I got to the hostel. I retraced my steps and didn’t find it on the way here, so I decided I must have left it on the bus. But there’s an Upside to my story: the bus company found it and is holding it in Queenstown for me. I’ll get it back tomorrow. So I’ll have to cope with no Wanaka pictures, but it could be way worse!

Mom comes in tomorrow. I’m so excited!

Tonight I’m going to go to the local cinema and see Iron Man 2... not because I really want to see Iron Man 2 (I didn’t even see Iron Man 1), but because I’ve heard the cinema here is really cool... set up like a cafe with couches and good food and stuff. The show starts at 8:45, though, and we’ll see how that goes since I’ve been going to bed at 9.