Hello all in West Waes and other people in other magical places! Christmas is just around the corner and what a strange place I find myself in. It is hotter than summer back in Wales yet all the shops have pictures of Christmas Trees and snow, as surreal as this is I throw on my summer dress and decorate the christmas tree we have 'aquired'. Apparantly on Christmas day my house is throwing a Christmas bash with bbq, it scares me that my body will be out of sorts, where is the turkey, cranberry sauce, I may even miss sprouts. Burgers and sausages on Christmas Day, it just doesnt seem right. I am very adaptable to change but bbq instead of Christmas dinner?? Its like ordering fillet and then tucking in and realising its sirloin, disappointment... I also have to work on Christmas day evening which is (literally) a very foreign concept to me. So, hot dogs for my Christmas dinner then serving people actual proper Christmas dinner in the evening, it doesnt really seem very fair. Now, with you all feeling terribly sorry for my sad Christmas, please appreciate and love each other on Christmas Day and spare me a thought when you are tucking in to late night Cheese and biscuits with a glass of sherry even though it is almost not humanly possible to eat or drink anymore.

I am actually leaving Queenstown in two weeks! So, although, I have been out of home country for 6 months, I am almost embarassed to report that I have done very little travelling. So after Christmas and New Year I will stuff my backpack and leave Queenstown behind. I am quite sad really, its my home now, I have made amazing friends and I still look at my surroundings and cant quite believe that I have lived here. It will always be very special to me. I realised though how much I missed my family when my lovely aunty and uncle came to visit me. We had such a great time and it just made me realise that I am too far away from the people who really love me and who I love. I am the furthest from home I could possibly be, but, in two weeks time will be a little bit closer as I begin my journey home.

Next time I write will be somewhere different in New Zealand and on a new adventure. Enjoy Christmas my beautiful friends and family . Love you all very much xxxxxxxxxx