Queenstown (Days 18 - 19) 

We drove the 100km to Queenstown in the morning and arrived in the town at exactly the same time as rush hour (something that was becoming some sort of habit) and were immediately struck by how small the town was (although this shouldn't have been a surprise considering everywhere in New Zealand is absolutely tiny.) We wandered around the streets and bought a croissant each from the bakery (Thomas refusing to let me try any of his pain au chocolat and stating every 5 minutes that it was really cold.) 

We found a sweet shop called the Remarkable Sweet Shop, go there and EAT all the fudge - seriously - they gave out free fudge samples and we maybe sampled 75% of the flavours (there were at least 20 flavours.) We finally decided the best one was creme brûlée, got a rather large block of this and finally managed to leave the shop. 

The next task was to try and find Thomas some new flip flops, which was almost an impossible task, as he refused to have any with plastic in the middle. Consequently this seriously limited his options (he also likes to check every single shop before going back to his favourites and trying them on and then deciding on a pair.) Safe to say this process took a while but finally he settled on a pair for a decent price and by this time we were ready for some lunch (YAY.)

We headed to the famous Fergburger - seriously don't even consider not going here, it's definitely worth the hype and the huge queue (also you can never really avoid the queue, it's there if you go at 11am or 4pm, it's ALWAYS there.) The burgers were amazing and not ridiculously priced. They were also massive and thanks to previously consuming a large amount of fudge we were impossibly full afterwards. 

However, we decided that since we were already so full a few cookies couldn't really hurt us now and we stopped at the Cookie Time Cookie Bar (Cookie Time is a famous brand of cookie in New Zealand) and we got three cookies each (they were warm and delicious.) 

After sampling most of Queenstown's food we decided to go on the luge after enjoying the one in Rotorua so much. This one wasn't quite as fun as the one in Rotorua, however we still immensely enjoyed going as fast as possible downhill in little plastic carts - definitely worth the money. We had decided against going jet boating (which is the famous extreme sport in Queenstown - along with bungy jumping ) as the price was ridiculous for what was essentially a 25 minute boat ride. 

The next day we had booked (via bookme again) to use a hotel's spa/sauna for only $12.50pp so this meant we could finally shower again (showers were becoming pretty tricky) and these showers were even more amazing because they were hot. We spent a great 2 hours in the spa area and felt super clean after (in comparison to the slightly homeless looking people we had resembled beforehand.) We were feeling refreshed, we were actually clean, and ready to tackle our pretty long drive to Dunedin. Queenstown got a massive thumbs up from me despite the cold weather but maybe that was because of the exceptional food?