Wanaka wasn’t exactly our favorite place. Not that it was bad but maybe it just didn’t meet our expectations. When we first approached, it had that small town nestled by a lake feel. It looked promising.
It was just about noon when we got there so we decided to get lunch. We took a quick spin around to check things out and weren’t impressed with the menu selections. Some places we even closed. We went back to the first café we came about. Nothing on the menu struck our fancy but I ended up getting a chicken, mushroom, cranberry and brie panini, to drink a chamomile tea. The panini was good but wasn’t that filling and the tea was quite tiny as well. I’m used to a nice big personal pot of tea. So much that I could barely finish it.
Holly ended up getting just fries with sour cream. The ginger tea that she got wasn’t that tasty either. Ginger really isn’t my thing so I don’t have much to say about that.
We did leave the café on a good note. Holly got her hokey pokey ice cream and to fill my unsatisfied appetite I got a roasted vegetable muffin which was quite delicious with a spot of cream cheese on top.
At one point in the day we stepped into a music shop and I was impressed with the music selection, however, the owner or clerk was too busy trying to satisfy a woman’s musical needs. I chimed in at one point inquiring about a band and he responded a bit dismissive so Holly and I left.
We did hike up to Mt. Iron which was a pretty step trail. From the top there was a 360 degree view of the town, lakes, and farms. We definitely worked off the cold temperatures. We were taking off our jackets by the top.
After our hike we hit up a supermarket, went for a quick drive to Mt. Aspiring view point, and scoped out Cardrona ski area. I plan to ski there tomorrow. Then we found a spot on the side of the road to spend the night.
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