Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Melbourne on 5 Drinks a Day

Dad, John, Barb and Vicki in front of the Queen Victoria Market


John, Vicki, Dad and Mom in front of the Shrine of Remembrance

All is still well here in Melbourne. My Aunt Vicki and Uncle John arrived by train this morning. Mom, Dad and I had some brunch while they settled in to the hotel. Then we all headed up to the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere, the Queen Victoria Market. Many T-shirts were purchased.

From there, we took the tram down to the Shrine of Remembrance and the Royal Botanical Garden. We saw the Black Swans, Bell Birds and lots of different plants and trees. After that we had a beer on the way back to the hotel.

Now I am doing some laundry for Vicki and John and we'll sync back up for dinner on a tram car ride around the city. Eating, drinking, motion and Barb: This could be a recipe for disaster!

Dinner last night at the Jazz club went well. We ate, drank and listened to the 18 piece band play lots of Sinatra. Mom and Dad seem to be having a good time.

Tomorrow morning we'll get on the road, the Great Ocean Road. And be back late on Friday. Wish us well.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad everyone has made it safely. Wish we all could be with you guys! Evan, Hayley and Lauren miss their Nana and Poppy! Sounds like you all are having a great time! Tell everyone hello!

Janet

Paige said...

god speed.

courtney said...

Janet, you should have Nana and Poppy back by now. I hope the trip home went smoothly. We missed you guys.

Paige - thank you. we made it. zero hospital trips, zero run-ins with the police. those were the metrics i was tracking, so by my reporting the trip was a huge success. (miss you)