The concert was on December 30 and we decided that if we were going, we might as well make a weekend of it and stay for the New Year’s Eve celebrations. That was a mistake. While we had a fine dinner at the hotel–roast lamb with delicious fixings–the planned evening of entertainment was a bust.
As I have mentioned, it is summer here and all of the kids are out of school. Apparently, they all headed to Wanaka. It was like Ocean City, with teenagers and college kids roaming the down town streets, girls giggling and screaming, and boys emitting massive amounts of testosterone. It was just another round of kids partying to excess. We got out of there and went back to the hotel to watch the fireworks from lakeside. It was a nice display.
On January 1, 2024, we said goodbye to Wanaka. I missed my cats and needed to be home.
A Yank Among the Kiwis 