Hi guys!

We're in Te Anau and starting the Milford Trek tommorrow which will be pretty fantastic. But, today is a quite rainy grey day, so, we are currently in the library. Dana is getting a library card so she can check out an action-packed dan brown novel and read it on trail and hopefully not get it dirty because we have to return it after the tramp, obviously.

Anyway. I think that libraries are pretty great places and have spent the morning reading the most recent issue of national geographic (how about that India, eh?) and books on dreams (I had one where a witch wanted to turn me into a canadian goose the other day, which Dana and I both agreed was quite bizzare and in need of serious attention. Apparently, though - after some research - there isn't really anything to worry about. Although - can you believe it - traditionally witches frequently have goose side-kicks. Bizzare).

In addition to all the new things we have been learning, we also just spent the past weekend and a bit in Queenstown. Queenstown prides itself on being the Xtreme tourist spot, with canyoning and bungee jumping and jet boating and lots of things that aren't really quite up our alley. It was funny because it was the first time we really felt like tourists (or tour guides, or something weird like that) the whole time we've been here and spent a good 30 minutes of one evening guiding a huge indian family to a restaurant they couldnt find (which was fun, and funny, and very do-gooder-esque).

But, anyway. Queenstown was beautiful. We applied to a couple of jobs there and all the people working were very nice (much nicer than all the people traveling through there, who all seemed like rich football (or respective sport in their respective country) players who were looking to be radical and extreme but weren't really, or something like that.

But. We might work in a chocolate store! That serves gelato and fudge and tons of desserts, and, that would be fun.

And I had the greatest conversation with a nice old man on a park bench early one morning when I was waiting for an internet place to open and he was waiting for an appointment and we talked about the environment and philosphy and printers and elections, etc. It was quite nice. And, speaking of. Its the eve of election day for you guys. Which is exciting, firstly. And, secondly, you should make sure to get plenty of sleep tonight and to rest up for it.

Besides that we booked a lake house next to the lake in Wanaka for four nights during thanksgiving and are inviting our quite ecclectic mix of new friends from across new zealand over for a big feast that thursday. I think that thanksgiving (beside this upcoming tramp in like, the most amazing place with the most amazing scenery, etc, on earth) is what I am most looking forward to right now.

To be honest, the prospect of a nice clean bed and room to myself and nice pillows and my own bathroom and my own personal space without snorers or gross pillows or a freezing cold tent at night (it is, we promise, still a bit cold to be sleeping in a summer tent right now in new zealand. trust us, we know, we've been doing it regularly)

Really. Be thankful for your pillows. And that, hey, if you wanted to, you could even have two to prop your head up if you wanted). They are quite, quite miraculous.

Ok. Dana hasn't come back yet and I can't imagine that it takes this long to get a library card, so, I am going to go find her and see what she's reading, etc. And I'm going to eat a granola bar because I'm hungry even though I'm pretty sure I shouldn't eat in the library. (I'll be careful! And, I'll hide in a corner or something so no one yells at me)

Alright. Cheers!
-Tatty