After a rough couple days at the beach, it was time to move on-to
Rotorua-a very volcanic (smells like sulfur) and beautiful part of New Zealand. The best part of staying in Rotorua was staying with our friend Laura's folks-Ginie and Bob, in their
B&B right on Lake Rotorua.
Another great thing about Rotorua is that all the volcanic activity has created thermal areas all over the place-which means that a walk through the city park means walking through geothermal activity like boiling mud. It also means lots of spas and thermal soaking pools to chose from-Ginie suggested the Waikite Valley Thermal Pools Springs-which couldn't have been better! Walking down a little trail where you could see where the water for the pools comes from.
After a ridiculously relaxing morning we checked out the Rotorua Museum that is housed in the original spa that was built in Rotorua in the early 1900's by the British-it has a very proper British feel about it.
We happened to get there just a tour was starting so we jumped in-it was given by an older local gentleman whose knowledge of everything Rotorua was very impressive! We learned interesting bits, like people paid extra in the thermal pools for electric shock treatment-while they were in the water! I feel very fortunate that I did not frequent spas 100 years ago!
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