Franz Josef

Today has been another slow day. This morning after breakfast I was supposed to be doing greenstone carving but when I was looking at the designs the man running the session said we couldn't do some because we didn't have the time or tools and this meant the ones I most wanted to do were ruled out and none of the other really took my fancy. So instead,  whilst Lauren and two of the other girls did the carving, myself and the other two girls in our room went for a wander to the lake. It was pretty but nothing on some of the lakes we had seen.

At around 12pm we left the hotel on the bus. There was many people feeling rough due to partying too hard last night and some people has to sit near the front of the bus incase they were sick. We were not any of those. 

We headed straight through to Franz Josef instead of stopping as there was one guy in particular who really was not very well, and not just from drinking too much. We arrived around 2pm and went straight to the hostel to check in. The hostel toilets are similar to those of a fancy hotel. They have hair straighteners and hair dryers as well as a flat screen TV. The rooms by comparison are not as good but do the job. Ours has a big patch of mould on the ceiling above Lauren's bed.

We went for a wander to the supermarket with the other girls and it started chucking it down.  It had been lovely and sunny when we left the previous place but it had become cloudy and overcast as we got into Franz Josef. None of us had our raincoats with us so we sheltered in some nearby souvenir shops. Eventually it stopped and we headed back. We chilled in the room until about 7:15pm before heading down to the bar. There was a prize giving ceremony for last night's fancy dress costume party. We were absolutely thrilled to discover we had come second. First place went to a girl who dressed as a shuttlecock made from an upturned washing basket. She was a worthy winner to be honest.

Tomorrow we are supposed to be going up a glacier but the weather is looking bad, so our trip may get cancelled. We prepared ourselves anyway and spent the evening chilling in the room.