Hello all!!! Sorrry it has been a few months since our last update.. now that we are settled in Queenstown not much has been going on. Ben and I are both still enjoying our jobs and saving a little bit of money. A couple of our housemates have left now so only 4 of us in the house. Maybe looking to move to somewhere smaller and warmer for the winter. The weather is starting to get very cold now.. so not too long until it snows (fingers crossed). I am plannin...

Hello our loyal followers, So as most of you will know we are still in Queenstown, living the dream in our holiday let with 4 friends. Unfortunately in the not so distant future, we will be down to 3 friends as Keith is heading home for a wedding and is unsure if he will return. On the plus side, I have a job at a local bike shop called Outside Sports. It's a great job selling bikes, maintaining the retail fleet and general mechanics work. Both Nicola and I we...

Hello all Sorry that it has been a while since we last wrote but as we are now in Queenstown not much is really going on. However last week two of Bens friends from home came to visit us! Sean and Andrew!!! It was soooooo nice to see them, couldnt quite beleive they were here when we met them in the airport.. and also couldnt get to grips with how pale they were!! hehe after getting them into the hostel we had some food (20" pizza) and headed out for their ...

Hello Everyone, So we have been in Queenstown just over 2 months now and thought we would give our loyal followers an update on how we are getting on and what we have been up to. So we are currently living in a holiday home up on Queenstown hill about 5min walk from the middle of town. It's a spectacular view from our windows over the lake and surrounding hills. Nikki and I are living with one other student at the moment but by the end of the month four of our ...

Hello everyone! So after an action packed time climbing glacier's in Franz Jo we had an early start! However that didn't matter because today I (Nikki) turned 24!!!!! So the 8 am leave didn't bother me too much. After a lovely happy birthday sing song on the bus we headed down to Wanaka. Before leaving I opened the presents from my family and Ben so I was feeling very lucky and cheerful. On the way we stopped off at the beautiful Lake Matherson. This lake is k...