Queenstown

It took us two days to get here, but we did--at 9:55--five minutes before the front desk closed!  They were out of regular rooms, so we had to take the apartment.  Very posh (for a youth hostel!).  We have two bedrooms, a kitchen, and an en suite bathroom (which means that we don't have to go down the hallway to shower or use the toilet!  Very nice.  Today we hiked to the top of the mountain and luged up there.  We liked the luging we did in Germany last summer better!  Wow was that hike strenuous!  And the walk down was tough too--several hours later and my toes still hurt (they pushed down into the toes of my shoes).  The luging was very cold!!  Down in the valley it is chilly, but up on top we wished that we had mittens!  Our hands were frozen!  It is winter here, so I wore jeans, a turtleneck, thick hoodie, and waterproof jacket.  (the snowman is from Annie)

Hi there! This is Anneliese! I am super tired right now from the super long hike today. Yikes. It was hard going up. Though it was really fun on the luge however. :) Then we hiked back down and then drove for a while. Now we're back, and I am glad because it was getting very cold out. It is just wrong that we left Minnesota, which was 103 degrees and then we come here for summer vacation and it's really cold here. Brrrrrr! (Refer to the snowman) See ya guys later!