Franz Josef

The weather did clear in the morning and we were greeted by a beautiful blue sky and a peep of last winters snow on the top of the mountains. It wasn't long before the helicopters started though and all day we heard the constant noise of them. There are lots of tourists paying big money to get up there on the ice.

We stuck to feet ... They were free.

I remember coming to this area 50 years ago. The glacier has definitely receded since then and you can no longer walk up to the face of it and touch it as we did back then.

 

We drove back to the village for lunch. I have to laugh at Tarun as even if there is only one car on the road he still says 'careful' as I cross. It's an automatic reaction from him but you aren't in Delhi now Mr Sharma.

I went for a walk to look around the town and visit the old church while Tarun went off horse riding.

I think the horse riding may have been a bit tame for Tarun 😊 He said the horse didn't listen to him!

The day was perfect for seeing the reflections on Lake Matheson so off we went. The reflections were beautiful and perfect but the mountains were a little cloudy so we didn't get to see Mount Cook.

Our stomachs were talking by this time so we found a very eclectic restaurant serving a mixture of Indian and SE Asian food. Tarun ordered Indian and I ordered Thai .... Then we shared. It was here that Tarun finally found real Indian chai ... See the look on his face!