Hola mi amigos!

I'm on 5 days off, all of which have been deliciously lazy and relaxing. I spent two nights in Manipouri, 15 minutes outside of Te Anau in the house of the co-owner Dave. He had a clean kitchen and shower, a DVD player where we watched 4.5 movies, and a beautiful view of Lake Manipouri. I read a book, I read the paper, I cooked and I listened to music. It was a lovely relief after a tough 9 days on while nursing an enormous couple of tonsils covered in a whitish/green mysterious gooey substance. (feeling much better now)



We then drove towards to relax further in the green grasses of the Peregrine vineyard for their annual Harvest Festival. I sampled three different central otago wines and ate olives and cheeses and quince paste on crackers.

Later, we lazed some more in our plush hotel room (one gets sick of hostels and shared showers after a while), getting takeaway Thai food and watching movies on the plasma TV.

Today, I've been reading and sleeping and reading and eating and accidentally watched 39-22 of E's "Most Awesome TV Moments".

Back to work tomorrow, but only 20 days left at my job. Gulp. Then world travel with some world class beautiful people. Hooray!