Wanaka (2), 16.10.08

Wanaka!!! I waited to get there. Got the feeling that this place has the groove! Indeed it is an awesome place. We didn't like the camp that we stayed in the first night, thus we moved to another camp early the next morning. As we loved Wanaka and the new camp we remained 3 more nights. We didn't do many activities but decided to take a break to relax and spend some time to plan a head. We spent few hours cleaning Rebecca, which we could actually do while glancing to Lake Wanaka and the surrounding mountains (covered with snow). It looked like a poster from my mom's bedroom. On the next day we took the kids to "Puzzling world". Investing in the kids always makes it easier to do things for ourselves (adults) and indeed at that night Amit & I went out to a restaurant – it was our first date since a long time. The restaurant was about 40 minutes walk from our camp. I could walk easily to the restaurant, but after finishing a bottle of wine it was a bit harder coming back… (No affect on Amit, of course). However I slept well on that night and early the next morning we deserted the kids again (no mercy, they were still asleep) and biked along the lake. Part of it was too rough for me but it was a wonderful 2 hours ride. Later on that day Amit took Ophir & Ido for another ride.The rest of the time we just hanged out, tasted the muffins and the coffees in Wanaka, and relaxed in the camp. Oh, and late in the last night in Wanaka we managed eventually to sit down and plan our next few weeks. I mean – Amit did