Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New Pictures

That's right! All brand new pictures for your viewing pleasure. Just check them out here.

We are in Dunedin right now and will shortly be heading to Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. We are going to try to stay at a farm here first, but if that doesn't work out then we will definitely be staying at a farm in Christchurch. We will be there from May 1st until the 14th. Then we are off to Australia. :)

Gotta run. Enjoy the pics! :)

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Marvelous views, amazing weather and a surprise

I have to write this post from Christoph's account because I couldn't log in to my account, so please ignore Christoph's signature at the bottom.

So before we left Wanaka we walked up to Roy's Peak and it was the hardest walk we have done so far. Very strenuous. But it was very worth it because the views were stunning and the weather was perfect. We had an awesome view of Lake Wanaka and the islands in the lake and the whole surrounding mountains (Mt. Aspiring) and valleys. In the beginning we were up there with 2 other Swiss people and then they left and we were alone. Christoph started getting cheezy and talking about memories of our life together. It was so mushy that I had to cry a bit. Then he got down on one knee and yep you guessed it, he asked me to marry him. I said, "Well, I can't say no, can I?" and he said, "Well, will you?". And of course I said yes! I know it is gooshy, but it was so great and his timing was perfect. He really surprised me. So I guess it's official, we are engaged to be married. We will most likely have the legal 'wedding' in Germany when we get back in September (if it doesn't turn out to be too complicated). But we will keep you all posted.

Anyway, on a lighter note, we are going to do another 2 night, 3 day hike starting on Saturday. We met 2 really nice Czech people here and we are going to walk the track with them. I hope we don't have too much snow. It is starting to getting really cold around here. We froze last night.

We will post some pictures of Roy's Peak, etc. as soon as we can, so keep checking back. :)

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

On the road again

Alright, so we're done with working in Wanaka, got our WOF for the van, which included some rust repairs we rather not have had to do, and before really heading off we're doing one more walk tomorrow. Up to Roy's Peak.

We went to a recycling center here in Wanaka and got some cool books. One of them was Muhammad Ali's autobiography, which I highly recommend to everyone. And while I don't necessarily agree with everything he says, it is good to understand his point of view and I finally learned a lot about one of the greatest athletes of our time.

Well, I wish I could make this a little less boring, but I really don't know what to write about at the moment. Just wait until our next great adventure. You know it'll blow your mind like nothing before. As usual.

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