Day 1 Topdeck Tour
Topdeck picked me up at 7:30 am. Immediately I meet people. Mica from Germany and Christine from Canada were the first. They had met each other that night. There were four other Germans to start with. Stephan, a social worker, his partner and Eva and her friend were next and two Americans, one from New Jersey. The other two girls were from Mexico.
We first traveled to a farm were we had a lovely fresh tea break filled with fresh scones, sausage rolls and cookies, followed by lamb feeding and my third sheering demonstration. As a gift, we were all given dog whistles. Hard to get a hang on we looked like idiots as we tried to make noise. I did figure it out by the third day.
Next we traveled to lake Pukaki and lake Tekapo both were a beautiful light blue, apparently caused by particles carried by the glaciers.
At the lake Tekapo village we had lunch. Thanks to my previous night with Max, and his gang I had lunch pre-made. In the village we met a Newfoundland dog with a very diplomatic personality.
The last place we visited before we arrived at our first accommodations was the Mount Cook village, literally a museum and hotel rolled into one. The museum was going over the history of mountaineering and of Sir Edmund Hillary, who was the first to reach the top of Mount Cook.
Our first accommodation, a skiing lodge during the winter, was a nice introduction to travel. While not a fancy hotel,, bunk beds and twins only. The food was simple but acceptable. A slightly bland yet well made lasagna with green salad, balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Dessert was a lovely chocolate brownie with wiped cream.
Later that night we went on a walk were I got to practice some spanish and got to divert a small stream.
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