Queenstown - Day 2; Milford Sound
This morning at 8:30 our trip to the Milford Sound Fjord started. We spent the whole day on the bus, except for the two hours on the ferry across the fjord. But on our long...


Published: 09.02.2018
Update 09.02.
After 12 hours on the bus and ferry, we were pretty tired and slept in comfortably.
For breakfast, we had really delicious pancakes. I didn't expect them to taste like home, as we had to make the batter in a pot instead of a bowl and use a ladle instead of a whisk, without a scale.
After our stroll through the beautiful town of Queenstown, we took the gondola up higher and enjoyed the view of a part of Lake Wakatipu and the surrounding mountains.
On our way to the supermarket, we were approached by a travel agent who asked us if we had already booked our trips in Australia. He was quite shocked that we didn't have a detailed plan yet, as we are traveling during the peak season and thus have little chance of spontaneously getting to the islands. So we spent three hours planning the 8 weeks on the East Coast with him :)
To celebrate the day, we went to see a live band and had a beer 🍻 for our Australia trip.
