The sun came out for us today. A very sick Brooke (well that’s what she told her boss anyway) took us into Melbourne for a guided tour of the city.
It was funny walking around Melbourne where we had come 5 years ago for the beginning of our honeymoon. We could not remember it at all. Did we just skip these sights or were they all just vanished from our memory?? And if we did see them, does that mean that all of our experiences in London, and even this trip only have a 5 year limit on them?
First stop was lunch in the modern Federation Square watching the buskers and the world go by.
From there we wandered across to the Botanical gardens and after a peruse there we sauntered along Southgate, stopping for a while on a park bench to enjoy the sunshine and listen to the sound of the bagpipes that were wafting along the river.
Brooke had an appointment in the afternoon, so while we waited for her we sat with newspaper and Sudoku book in a nearby park
Gerard joined us for dinner that night and Jaimie also came and met us. Gerard had taken us to the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda which apparently is one of the historic music places of the area. For us it had cheap lasagne and a sunset view?? Which puzzled us as we weren’t in WA!
We had lived with Jaimie for almost 12 months in London, in the share houses in Acton. He is one of the nicest and most generous people that we have met in our travels and it was really good to meet up with him again.
