I have always had a strong dislike for Valentine's Day - it makes single people feel bad about themselves and makes couple people feel weirdly obligated. But this year I realized something - if life hands you an excuse to celebrate, take it!
So this year, Rob and I used Valentine's Day as an excuse to go back to Rotorua! On our way we stopped at the Big Sheep, which is something I've wanted to see for a while. Their yarn selection was disappointing (and nearly nonexistent), but it was a good place to stop for lunch. They also have the Big Dog next door.
While we were there, we thought we'd give sledging a try as well. To some people, sledging is the same as sledding. To Kiwis, it is white water rafting on a one-person sled. It's one of the more extreme sports I've ever tried, and I'm proud to say that I escaped with only a few scrapes and bruises (although I did hit one rock so hard that it scraped my knee through my wet suit - owwww).
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| Above: Pictures of sledging I stole from google images. They are not messing around! Below: A much-deserve post-sledging beer flight at Rotorua's only brew pub (cleverly named "Brew") |
And then Sunday was luging! As some of you may recall, we went luging during our Christmas travels and had the best time! We kept making jokes that it was like Mario Kart, and so I had the oh-so-brilliant idea of making Rob hoodie of his favorite Mario Kart character, Yoshi (I bought a green hoodie and added red spikes) and dressing up as my favorite Mario Kart character, Toadette.
If you know nothing about Nintendo, you may find these pictures confusing and slightly disturbing, but rest assured - they are awesome.
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| Our inspiration |
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| To the left: Another excellent eHarmony picture for Rob. To the right: Bowser |
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| Just in case you forgot that this is also an absolutely breathtaking area to spend a day (on the luge ski lift) |
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