Day 3 - 如诗如画的小镇 - Queenstown

本来计划一早去terminal lake trail,但一起身,看到窗外云雾濛濛 ,雨下个不停;只好改为计划II -- 直接开去Queenstown. 刚开了20多分钟,美丽的Lake Pukaki渐渐出现在眼前. 由于今天风大,湖上被吹起了层层浪花,让本就一望无际的湖泊好似大海一样. 阳光下的湖面,粼光閃閃,波紋披金. 昨天还是温柔的蓝色,今天却亮得让人无法直视. 看到后视镜里的Mt. Cook 还是笼罩在云雾之中,暗自庆幸昨天好运,看到了蓝天白云下的主峰.
在Twizel, 这个温暖(it felt so good to be warm coming from Mt Cook)的小镇里吃了顿营养brunch (lamb pizza and bagel w/ smoked salmon), 我们继续向南开.

途径Lindis Pass,这个山脉里开满了种野花,后来Google才知道叫做Russell Lupin. 和昨天一样,沿途的风光是景随人移，处处是景. 大自然真是最佳的调色师-- 不同的气候，地貌， 造就了各异的风景。银白色的雪峰配的是如宝石般亮眼剔透的碧蓝湖水；万里晴空下是漫山金黄色的灌木丛；雨水充足的山脉里，缭绕的云雾点缀着翠绿的森林，倍显青葱色彩。不用开车的我，（辛苦了，老公！）一次次被车窗外的美景震撼着，一路上不断重复着“好美啊，好美啊。。。”

We got a big box of super cheap & fresh cherries on the way but as a result got jammed at a junction some 20 miles from Queesntown due to a traffic accident. Unfortunately, or fortunately, we were just 3 cars behind the crashed vehicle and had to make a big detour. Thankfully, GPS came to the rescue, we finally arrived at Oaks Shore Apartments without having to waste too much time. The 1-bed room we booked was spacious. The views over the lake and mountain ranges on our balcony was stunning.

似乎开进Otago district 后一直在下雨。那种湿嗒嗒，冰凉凉的感觉真不好。“去泡个热水澡吧”老公说。听到都觉得身子暖了起来-- 那还等什么呢 -- GPS 拿来，destination: Onsen Hot Pools. 虽然在Tripadvisor上好评如潮，Onsen pool is not massively advertised. 刚开到Onsen的停车场时，还小小吃了一惊--横看竖看都找不到做SPA的地方。顺着指示牌，一直走到山坡边，才发现一条崎岖的小路，和建在山崖边的Onsen，还真有点儿“柳暗花明”的感觉。

走进全木质的SPA房间，最让人惊艳的就是眼前360度壮丽的Alpine风光。归功于它得天独厚的位置，Arthur Point 的峡谷，山下Shotover River 的激流，远方灰蓝色的山脉，全都一览无余。它的窗户的设计也很特别，落地的玻璃窗一直连到天花板。全打开后，几乎变成了个露天的SPA，真是一点儿都没浪费周围的美景。泡在热气腾腾的山泉水中，阵阵清风拂面，再叹一口香甜多汁的樱桃；顿时令人有种沉淀心灵，洗尽铅华的感动