Lunch & Shopping

My last day in Queenstown, I walked down to the lake and toward the botanical gardens to drink my coffee and eat my fruit. The weather suddenly got windy, cloudy and cool. The lake was all stirred up, and the waves of the lake were slamming the shoreline. It was so windy that I found it difficult to walk straight.

Next I walked back toward the outside mall area to look for shopping, souvenir shops. I stumbled upon the restaurant that I was planning to go to today, Madame Woos. I had a delicious lunch. While I was sitting there I noticed that the Sundeck Bar that I wanted to go to was right across the street. I watched a young Chinese couple as he was taking pictures of her posing with her double scoop ice cream cone. The photo shoot went on for 10 minutes and the ice cream was melting down her hand.

Next I went upstairs to the Sundeck. Very lovely view of the lake. The plastic sides were rolled down to block the wind and the gas fire pits kept the place nice and warm. When the sun came out, it was once again beautiful and warm.

I ducked in and out of gift shops, buying a few things and saving a while lot more money.

My last stop of the day was the Real Fruit Cream and gift shop by Frank. This was berry flavored icecream and was delicious. I sat at the picnic table outside to eat my cone.

After the final hike up that hill, I'm now back at the apartment. I have at least an hour of packing to do, but I've decided to do it tomorrow at 3 am. The Uber is schedule to pick me up at 4:40 am for the ride to the airport. I'm going to bed early and getting up early; this will help get me closer to eastern standard time zone.

Queenstown, thank you for an awesome week. I love you and hope to come back some day.Read more