The next day we had an early morning flight to meet back up with Justin for more adventures in Queenstown. Queenstown is known as the adventure capital of NZ and is situated among rolling mountains on lake Wakatipu – we were stoked! After uneventful flights we got to our amazing studio AirBnB. To say the views from our AirBnB were nice is a gross understatement – they were unreal! We did everything looking out the window while we were there.

Justin arrived and we immediately decided to go exploring. The weather had been odd all day with sun, clouds, and bursts of rain randomly, so we packed for everything. We walked along the lake into town and were delighted at how pretty the waterfront and downtown area was. Lots of fun shops, outdoor seating, and gorgeous views. Queenstown is super hilly. While walking you constantly walk up and down hills. We got quite the glute workout every day! headed toward the Queenstown Skyline gondola to get a birds-eye view of town. We made our way up and got some great outdoor photos before the clouds blew in and rain started.

We hid inside the gift shop for a bit and then made our way to the Luge. This was a track built into the side of the hill that you can race seated-scooters down. Kathryn and Justin were all for it, while I was a bit skeptical. They were right! It was super fun to fly down the track – reminded me of go-cart tracks back in the day.

Afterwards it started raining again so we headed back to town to find somewhere warm to hide out. We ended up at Muskets and Moonshine, a great little cocktail bar with a fantastic fireplace and good tunes. We lounged on the couch in front of it, had a drink, and relaxed. The drinks were great! Kathryn got a caramel cocktail that come with slivers of butterscotch candy that was delightful. Afterwards we headed back to our AirBnBs for some relaxation and showering. We ended up having a low key Thai dinner and a couple more drinks at M and M before calling it an early night.