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In the last few days we’ve covered a lot. The distance between home and Queenstown is 11,800 miles, which feels like a lot but we’ve already met someone who is from Bath and someone that lived in Marlborough. It’s a cliche but it really is a small world.
The journey from the UK was long and we’re still catching up with sleep. We’re getting used to sleeping at the opposite time and feel like we know Queenstown better now, it’s pretty small so can already get around without a map. There’s also some familiar accents around town and quite a few Brits which makes us feel closer to home.

The weirdest thing is getting used to it being winter! It gets dark at 5.30 and there’s still the reds and yellows of autumn with the chill of winter in the air, so we’re hoping that the snow isn’t too far away. The LUMA lights festival is on at Queenstown Gardens over the Queen’s birthday weekend (a bank holiday in NZ!) which makes it feel like Christmas.. Two winters in a row will really take some getting used to.

One final thing.. peppers are bloody expensive here, especially red ones!