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I'm back home. There were some engine troubles yesterday before we left Queenstown so our flight was delayed by a fair amount (almost had to stay an extra night, boohoo haha dangit!) but we made it back to Sydney in one piece. I'm on crazy snowboarding-holiday-in-Queenstown sleeping pattern which means I was in bed at 9pm last night and up at 5:30pm this morning. We'll have to fix that.
Great holiday! Will write more as I get photos up over the next few days. The girls were great, I had SUCH a laugh. The weather for the first half of the holiday was blue skies and spring conditions, then a HUGE storm came in over our day off which brought a *shitload* of new snow... right down to 900m... it's serious mid-winter weather that! It goes without saying that gave me a huge snowgasm. Mmmm it just DUMPED and twice we got to Treble Cone with up to 30cm fresh at the top. Damn, I love that mountain.
I also have a bunch of new ideas for Zwilling (it was a good research trip!!) and yesterday spoke to this awesome Japanese girl who worked at the local yarn shop... she makes a shitload of beanies and I'm like "wow, i'm trying to figure out how you made these!!" and she's like "ok, I'll tell you!" haha and told me her pattern. *muahuahua* I took some photos to hopefully work it out this week... they are AWESOME.. also, I"ve noticed that "MEGA POMS" are totally in fashion so I'll be whipping up a few of those. I really needed this "research trip" to get some new inspiration! I also got to trial some of my own pieces, and will be making minor adjustments to sizing and shapes for snowboarding with goggles.. otherwise, I'm pretty happy. I often walked off and mumbled to the girls "brb, beanie stalking" to shadow someone and check out their beanie up close... haha nothing creepy about that at all, right?
Anyway... while it's nice to be home, I really enjoyed not having to think about bills or money or anything for a whole week. We ate out dinner every night, and had a really great time overall! I have also unfortunately put on a few kilos in a mere few days due to free hot cooked breakfasts every day and basically more meals per day than I'm generally used to. I just don't do three big square meals. Oh my god, I'm a Fatty McFatterton in the hoooousse. But part of being on holiday was to eat and enjoy and not think at all... om nom nom... Can't wait to upload all the funny photos :D
Great holiday! Will write more as I get photos up over the next few days. The girls were great, I had SUCH a laugh. The weather for the first half of the holiday was blue skies and spring conditions, then a HUGE storm came in over our day off which brought a *shitload* of new snow... right down to 900m... it's serious mid-winter weather that! It goes without saying that gave me a huge snowgasm. Mmmm it just DUMPED and twice we got to Treble Cone with up to 30cm fresh at the top. Damn, I love that mountain.
I also have a bunch of new ideas for Zwilling (it was a good research trip!!) and yesterday spoke to this awesome Japanese girl who worked at the local yarn shop... she makes a shitload of beanies and I'm like "wow, i'm trying to figure out how you made these!!" and she's like "ok, I'll tell you!" haha and told me her pattern. *muahuahua* I took some photos to hopefully work it out this week... they are AWESOME.. also, I"ve noticed that "MEGA POMS" are totally in fashion so I'll be whipping up a few of those. I really needed this "research trip" to get some new inspiration! I also got to trial some of my own pieces, and will be making minor adjustments to sizing and shapes for snowboarding with goggles.. otherwise, I'm pretty happy. I often walked off and mumbled to the girls "brb, beanie stalking" to shadow someone and check out their beanie up close... haha nothing creepy about that at all, right?
Anyway... while it's nice to be home, I really enjoyed not having to think about bills or money or anything for a whole week. We ate out dinner every night, and had a really great time overall! I have also unfortunately put on a few kilos in a mere few days due to free hot cooked breakfasts every day and basically more meals per day than I'm generally used to. I just don't do three big square meals. Oh my god, I'm a Fatty McFatterton in the hoooousse. But part of being on holiday was to eat and enjoy and not think at all... om nom nom... Can't wait to upload all the funny photos :D