A Night in Rotorua
New Zealand Travelog #32
Rotorua, NZ - Thu, 18 Apr 2024, 8am
Wednesday night we stayed in Rotorua, NZ. It's a resort town on the southern edge of Lake Rotorua. The lake is volcanic, and there are a number of natural hot springs nearby. We can smell them. 🤢 (The air here is sulfurous when the wind blows in from the lake.) That said, we had nice accommodations last night and this morning.
We decided to spend up a bit with a nice hotel in Rotorua. Everything here is pricy compared to what we've stayed in the past few nights since it's a resort area. "Go big or go home," we figured. ...Well, okay, we didn't go big. It's more like we went... bargain shopping for something large, but not size XL or XXL, at a closer to medium price. 😂 We booked the Millennium hotel, which looked like one of the more posh ones, and paid a small amount extra to get a room with a balcony and a lake view.
Having a nice room to "come home" to made it a welcome rest after another fairly full day. And hey, today again we arrived at our hotel before sunset- in time to enjoy seeing it from our balcony.
After sunset we walked out in town for dinner. Dinner was... mostly a bust. I don't feel like saying anything further about it.
We came back to our room afterwards then went downstairs for the spa. I'm not sure if the hot tubs are heated by natural springs like the pools at last night's hotel. I'm thinking not because they smelled like chlorine rather than sulfur. 😅 After a soak we returned to the room and stayed up late. ...Well, comparatively late. I think it may have been 10pm. 😳
This morning has been an easy morning. With our plans for the day we don't need to roll until 8:15, maybe even 8:30. Thus I snoozed my 6am alarm a few times before rising and have been going through my morning routines at a relaxed pace. It feels nice not having to hurry every day on vacation.
Rotorua, NZ - Thu, 18 Apr 2024, 8am
Wednesday night we stayed in Rotorua, NZ. It's a resort town on the southern edge of Lake Rotorua. The lake is volcanic, and there are a number of natural hot springs nearby. We can smell them. 🤢 (The air here is sulfurous when the wind blows in from the lake.) That said, we had nice accommodations last night and this morning.
We decided to spend up a bit with a nice hotel in Rotorua. Everything here is pricy compared to what we've stayed in the past few nights since it's a resort area. "Go big or go home," we figured. ...Well, okay, we didn't go big. It's more like we went... bargain shopping for something large, but not size XL or XXL, at a closer to medium price. 😂 We booked the Millennium hotel, which looked like one of the more posh ones, and paid a small amount extra to get a room with a balcony and a lake view.
Having a nice room to "come home" to made it a welcome rest after another fairly full day. And hey, today again we arrived at our hotel before sunset- in time to enjoy seeing it from our balcony.
After sunset we walked out in town for dinner. Dinner was... mostly a bust. I don't feel like saying anything further about it.
We came back to our room afterwards then went downstairs for the spa. I'm not sure if the hot tubs are heated by natural springs like the pools at last night's hotel. I'm thinking not because they smelled like chlorine rather than sulfur. 😅 After a soak we returned to the room and stayed up late. ...Well, comparatively late. I think it may have been 10pm. 😳
This morning has been an easy morning. With our plans for the day we don't need to roll until 8:15, maybe even 8:30. Thus I snoozed my 6am alarm a few times before rising and have been going through my morning routines at a relaxed pace. It feels nice not having to hurry every day on vacation.