A break from a break

Although the snow bum life is a good life, as stated before, people do get tired sometimes of being in the same place all the time.
Not much has changed lately, although I finally got through to the temping office and they have started to give me some work here and there. Not much, bits and pieces along the way, but a little bit of money is better than no money, I think.

Because of the work, I haven't been on my snowboard the last week, and I have really missed it. Alex and me also live in a very small room, so a few things combined made that we both wanted to get out of Queenstown for a short while. So we packed our bags and headed for the station again in Canterbury High Country. Unfortunately there was no snow over there, but we thoroughly enjoyed all the space, the company of the Smiley family and the dogs. Not to mention Mrs. Smiley's delicious cooking ...

We haven't really done anything, except go for the occasional (short or long) run, watch the Australian series Underbelly (about the Gangland Wars in Melbourne from 1995 till 2004), read, spend some time with the dogs and of course spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Smiley.
We only stayed a few nights, but they made a world of difference. Everybody needs a little space sometimes :-). And space, that is to be found on the station.

Now we are back in Queenstown. We have attended the Burton Open Sessions, where a few of NZ's favorites played (Kora, Shihad, Tiki Taane ...) and which left us with a hard day the following day.
In the mean time it has started to snow again - which we can only applaud! The snow front is supposed to be as hectic as the last one, only longer, and is supposed to hit tonight. This should be goooood! A bit unfortunate for Jack, Alex' cousin, though, who is supposed to fly into Queenstown tomorrow. Let's just see if flights get in or out ...
I know what I will be doing in any case!