Photo Update, Summer Weather, finally...

It's New Year's Eve and we have a decent Internet connection so I am making some time for photo posting. Tonight Queenstown's population will quadruple and party city will be on full blast. We already see 2 band venues set up along the waterfront where the fireworks will be. I was confirming the fireworks logistics with a police officer I met at our condo complex. He and several other officers are here on loan from Dunedin (4 hours away) to help manage the festivities. Yikes!!

A look at Queenstown from the top of the gondola. This is the "jumping off point" for parasailing, mountain biking and the luge. Of coursed there is a bungy jump, too.

My sister, mother and brother-in-law on our jet boat ride before my mother decided she had enough but there were still 30 more minutes to go. Oops! Here we go again with a 360 degree spin. Wahoo!

I never met these people before but they let me take their picture at 10 AM eating the famous Ferburger. Folks get up early and stay up late to stand in long lines for this. We have passed on it.

Food options here are definitely at the top of the rating scale. We had a 7 course dinner with wine pairings at the Amisfield Winery. This was John's pinot poached pear with hokey pokey and house made sorbet. We did the "trust the chef" option and had some pretty unexpected food. We liked the squid fried in its own ink. When it was served it looked charcoal black burnt.