Precious...no not the movie

I am sitting in the lobby of our hotel in Wellington waiting for our next adventure wondering if my worst fear will come true...will our tour guide show up dressed as Goleb or will my mortification be spared for today? At the same time Cheryl is so excited she cannot sit still. For those of you like me who have not developed a passion for all things Lord of the Rings, Goleb (as I learned was his name) is the creepy guy pictured below.

Yes today was the day Cheryl had been waiting for, the very reason that brought her to New Zealand. Today was The Lord of the Rings DAY LONG tour.

Philip, our humanly dressed tour guide (mortification spared for another day) picked us up promptly at 9:00 am to lead us on our adventure of all things hobbits, wizards and rings. Philip, we soon learned, had been in all the "Rings" movies and as an added bonus Avatar. After learning that I thought Cheryl would propose on the spot. (Let's just say Cheryl and I don't share the same tastes in movies. Zuelke he is single.)

In all honesty the tour was amazing and was more about the beautiful scenery of Wellington than "The Rings" trilogy. My favorite spot was where they filmed Rivendale. (Where I learned Orlando Bloom's elf character was from...yes I did remember Orlando from the trilogy...priorities) Rivendale and other pictures from the day are below.

-Susan

Location:Wellington