Monday already?

[lederhosen]

We had plans to use reynardo's reward points from work for a getaway in wine country in Victoria last weekend. However, although Rey had called the hotel in question back in January and set a date then, they had managed to forget about this and book themselves out with a wedding instead. Bit annoying, but not really much we could do about it (and considering the weather, perhaps it's just as well). So we spent the weekend in Melbourne instead.

Got to the combined birthday party on Friday night; the food was rather nice, and not overly reliant on onion. Saturday we had pancakes with usekh and then headed up into the Dandenongs with brandtotter and silverblue to visit the Funk. As usual, we stopped by Gepetto's Workshop and failed to escape empty-handed; I picked up a very neat spider hand-puppet, somewhere in between cute and creepy, which kept poking legs out of any bag we put it in. Stopped by again at the Snooty Fox; they had duck with chilli and chocolate sauce, which was delicious.

Sunday, we went to a Wesleyan service to enjoy the singing of 17catherines and shadow_5tails, and then on to the annual guide dog show where we met up with my brother, his partner, and her dad. It was fun but rather overcrowded; every puppy had a tight-packed ball of people around it, and between the crowds and the rain the grounds were turning into a morass. Caught the first half of a pub concert and then we had to drive back to the airport.

As usual, did not manage to catch up with nearly enough people. But I'm sure we'll be back down in the not-too-distant future.

Comments

[alchemon.livejournal.com]

T'was good to catch up, but more time would've been better.

If I'd known you were going to the Guide Dogs show, I would've asked you guys to drop by, especially since I'm literally 2 mins away from there (just past the rather imposing paper mill, which is the other side of the river from the Guide Dogs place).

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

As usual, did not manage to catch up with nearly enough people.

I note you seem to end up saying this at the end of every trip, and your "as usual" seems to suggest you've noted it too. Perhaps I'm not too out of line in suggesting your expectations are a little...optimistic, given how much of the time you were out and about doing various social things this trip (and many others).

I'm beginning to think that in your situation, I'd possibly set myself a quota of people to catch up with/things to do, and not go above that - it's probably rather harsh, but given that there's been one occasion I remember where Rey, at least, was booked out for every hour but one of the weekend (and that hour was lost to the Daylight Saving transition), it strikes me as one way to not exhaust yourselves in the process of visiting.

Of course, the other alternative you have is to move to Melbourne visit more often... *grins and hugs you*

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think that in your situation, I'd possibly set myself a quota of people to catch up with/things to do, and not go above that

Yeah, I try, although things still have a way of sneaking in. In the end, there's no way we can see everybody we'd like to when we visit Melbourne for a weekend, so some of them will just have to come visit us in Sydney instead...

[yellowblacktrip.livejournal.com]

Oooh the Dandenongs are really pretty. Have you ever been to the Cuckoo restaurant? Their live entertainment includes log sawing the slapping lederhosen dance :)

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Will have to try that some time... but I'll keep my username a secret :-)

[jesusandrew.livejournal.com]

Good to see the two of you, even if my brain wasn't terribly present.