Snow day...more like ice day

Hello,

They say glacier differently here. Maybe i've been getting it wrong. i've always said glay-sure but here its glay-see-er. If you look at the word, i think they may be on to something. Anyway the glacier walk at franz joseph glacier was one of the best things i have done in new zealand so far. The ice is this strange shining blue and when you are squeezing through two walls of it, it is a different experience. One rather large man got stuck for quite awhile, so we just had to stand behind him in between two walls of ice about 30 feet tall on both sides. I wish i could post pictures because when i say squeeze through, i mean forcing yourself through a hole that you think a full grown human would never make.
the large man that got stuck in front of me.

One of the cool parts is that it moves and changes everday, so it isn't the same glacier that it was two days ago. This means that we would have to go back occasionally because a route that was fine yesterday was completely blocked today. After we had lunch on the glacier you could have a go at sliding through an ice cave. Our group was the only ones who tried it, but i think the other groups may have been a bit smarter than ours. It wasn't a very long slide, but in that short time, it felt like two or three people beat me with heavy sticks on all sides. It didn't feel good at all, but i would still recommend it. When else would you have a chance to slide down an ice cave on a glacier? You have to take those when they come, even if they do feel like a good beating.
sliding down the ice tunnel of doom.

Well, i'm completely exhausted and i've got to go get the free soup. I've got a feeling like the soup is going to mean so much more to me today than yesterday.

have a good day
chad