New Zealand Day 11

I woke up around 9 today, enjoyed breakfast downstairs & waited downstairs for our guide to pick us up for the Lord of The Rings tour. He came around ten in his movie tour bus, all cheesy like. Karen & I hopped in and we were off to pick up another girl. It was just the three of us for the day, which was nice. We were shown around various sets for the making of the movie. Our guide would drive us around to different places with his lap top in hand. He played scenes that took place where ever we were and showed us pictures from the set. It was interesting, but I'm not the biggest fan of LOTR movies so I wasn't as into it as Karen and the other gal. Don't get me wrong, they're great movies... Just not a die hard fan. We traveled through different parks and quarries through out various rainforests and mountains. It was nothing short of beautiful all day. They would chat about the movie scene that happened and I would gaze off into my own little world, daydreaming. I was taken back when he told us the movie was filmed in 1999. It’s already been 12 years since the first one came out! That’s nuts! The tour lasted until 2:30. We stopped for lunch in the middle of the woods underneath beautiful multi-colored. He picked us up some subway and drinks. We sat and chatted at a picnic table discussing American culture/sports in comparison to New Zealand. Quite funny. We sound so dumb trying to understand the game of rugby. After lunch, he showed us a few more scenes and dropped us back off at our hotel around 2:30. We had nibbles at our lounge and went out for din!