...I drive to the cottage of my friends, who are staying at the same town, and we have a proper European breakfast consisting of surprisingly good pastries (croissants and such) bought locally
...we decide to spend the day with Astrid and Razvam by driving to the nearby town Tekapo on the lake of the same name: the name is beautiful and so is the drive with some amazing sunny weather
...we climb a small hill to a local observatory and then go down and spend the rest of the day in a local spa. Springs are heated artificially, facilities are a bit shabby, saunas are small and few, there is no jacuzzi, but the view from the pools is just unbeatable.
...we finish the evening in a traditional Polish style, drinking mad dog drinks, for which I brought the ingredients from Europe especially for this