Eric
All right everybody! I have a plan for New Zealand.
Yes, that would be us finally putting together a travel plan for our 8 days in New Zealand between Australia and Fiji ... or at least grapple with the fact that there is an 8-day gap between our last day in Melbourne and our first day in Fiji. Other possibilities for this 8-day window included figuring out how to get to the coast of Antartica or visiting South Africa. However, New Zealand is REALLY close and after all, Legalos ran across it's mountains.
*everybody gathers*
You can translate this as Ellie actually pausing her game and me lifting my head from the Kindle.
So, what would everybody say if we took a train for a five-day trip that is all glass on the sides and roof and dining car for five days from the New Zealand alps across the south island and up through the north island to Auckland?
Any normal person
Holy shit yes, sign me up!!!
Not normal person known as Marian
Does it have alcohol?
Not normal person known as Ellie
Does it have wifi?
There are two distinct schools of thought involved here. Trapped in a glass tube or having the best office in the world. I mean, we ARE talking about five days here! The lack of or presence of wifi/alcohol informs which mindset would be present.
As it turns out, lamb is served in the dining car, local wine and tea is available all day, and power is available at each seat. While wifi is available, it's promised to be spotty at best. I suppose that's what one gets when training by glaciers, through alps, and under oceans.
So, train here we come in T minus 5 days!
