Wednesday, January 21, 2009

New Years in Taupo

Hey everyone,

sorry for keeping you waiting for the new posts. But as promised I am updating... ;-) The following pictures are from my days at Lake Taupo. My German friend Anna and her friend Johnny spent a week there and they inivited me to spend New years with them! It was the right decision to go there! We had an awesome time!!! I arrived in the evening on the 31 Dec., after some chatting, we went to have a quick dinner, got some bubbley (Sekt) and started to get ready. The greatest thing was that they had a hot tub included in thier room... something to look forward to when coming home in the next year ;-) So, all ready for the big night out we walked to town and hit the party scene in Taupo! All bars open and everyone on the street, in the bar... smilley, happy faces! We danced around until the countdown started and then went outside to watch the fireworks! It was great... New Years, warm wheather, surrounded by great people, watching the fireworks and thinking about the last year with all its challenges and adventures... and then thinking about what is ahead of you. EXITING!!! Afterwards, we went to hit the dancefloor again! Great time! And the highlight was... that even though the phone lines were blokked like hell... I tried myself a lot... my friends from Germany called me! What an awesome surprise! Thanks for that again, guys! They were all together in a bungalow park in Belgium, still having 12 hours to go for their New years ;-) Unfortunately I couldnt understand them a lot but the fact that they called, and thought of me made me beam and smile big time!!! But the night wasnt over yet... on our way back to the hotel, we decided to go for a swim in the freezing cold lake Taupo. It was right across the road from the hotel. So, we quickly went home, got changed and off we ran into the water... refreshing, but freezing cold!!!! fun, fun, fun! The greatest thing was that we could just run back to the room and jump into the hot tub in the back of the room! PERFECT! All relaxed, refreshed and happy this is where our New Years ended, to start off into an exiting, adventurous and surprising happy new year 2009! Off into a challenging, happy, smiling, adventurous, loving new year 2009 !!!!



Beautiful waterfalls

Midday for us on the 1st of January... we were thinking about our lovely family and friends in Europe!!!


Red lollys ;-) Happy New Year everyone!


Thanks for the great time, guys!

Party crew getting ready ;-)

Off into the freezing lake Taupo!

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