Country fried tourists

Good news! My whiteness has been reduced to a level that's no longer blinding.

We spent the day in the sun, walking around Queenstown admiring all the different angles of the city. The morning was chilly, but it warmed up enough for us to throw some "swimmers" on and head down to the beach when we got back.

So were were down on the beach reading books when we watched two Swedish men strike up a conversation with a blond Australian in a bikini. Ha...typical. I think it was the men who invited the girl to play frisbee with them, which is funny because I've never seen two people throw a frisbee so badly and the girl was apparently an ex-ultimate frisbee player, which made the whole situation quite amusing. Add that to the fact that the guys were acting as guys act when they're trying to impress a girl but don't have a whole lot to work with. Yup. However, she and one of the guys looked like they were getting pretty friendly after an hour or so, so we started placing bets on how likely they were to hook up that night. Entertaining, right?

Plus, we were doing a little target practice with the seagulls, and I inadvertently hit a duck instead. But hey, my aim is improving.

Side note, EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE.

Another side note we couldn't more obviously be tourists. Besides the fact that all of us have cameras hanging around our necks, we have all transformed from what used to be creamy white Minnesotans into half white, half splotchy tomato red, because apparently, the sun burns even while behind the clouds. More than a few locals stopped us to show concern and warn us to wear put sunscreen on next time..."And make sure it's higher than SPF 30!"
Pfft...we knew that... just decided against it..

But it was intentional.

Adventure of the day: we boarded the city bus with no idea how to use it and no idea where we were going. Who knew city buses went off-roading? Also, absolutely no regard for curbs or roundabouts. Apparently the best way to handle them is going right over them. And the bus driver thought WE were crazy...

That's all. Hope you're having fun in Minnesota!

Manders