This weekend was super smashin great. Excellent to catch up with Alan and Matthew, Kelly and Verity for the wedding part II and also good to catch some rays of warm sunshine before our return to rainy Warragul!
Jimmy took us to Melbourne on Thursday evening for a stay over in a rather cheesy pornstar style room, with jacuzzi and tacky mirrors all inclusive - not sure it was quite what Bob was expecting when he booked it but hey, it did the job and caused us not to stress out trying to find the airport on Friday morning! We stopped off in Lygon Street in the Carlton region of the city for some dinner. Lygon Street reminded me of Byres Road in Glasgow and Edinburgh's Stockbridge, with a vast array of Italian and Thai restaurants, cool little boutiques and rather arty farty looking students. I loved it. Delicious pizza in Copperwood before dodging the trams en route to our motel (no hook turns thank goodness)
After a leisurely breakfast at the airport, we're flying to Sydney and meet Alan in the CBD for after work drinks. Unfortunately for me, I'm taken to a bar where I'm on the only girl who isn't (a) working behind the bar or (b) stripped to my underwear. Excellent choice Alan! I'm distracting myself with beer and pool and I practically have to drag the boys away from the scantily clad waitresses to the next stop. Bob and I gatecrashed the after work party and failed miserably at making ourselves invisible. Think we might have needed a suit to blend in, but people took pity on our scruffy appearance and gave us free beer. Hurrah! Topped the night off nicely with a good curry in Kirribilli then back to Neutral Bay to play Band Hero. Alan tossed his toys out of the pram when he realised he wasn't quite the next Dave Grohl and Bob gave us all earache with his rendition of Honky Tonk Woman. Kelly and I of course were brilliant - I'm particularly proud of my 2am performance of Spice Girls Wannabe and I'm pretty sure the neightbours hate me as I managed to throw in the dance routine (or a baby elephant version thereof)
Saturday was the day of the second wedding, sorry blessing for Matthew and Verity. A spot of lunch, a cocktail and a badly made Jaegerbomb later and we make it to the church on time for a 10 minute ceremony which included a rather confusing story about a fox and a little prince - Kelly and I thought the moral of the story was to tame your wife but apparently it was about a deep relationship with trust being the core element. Hmmm, didn't quite get that the first time round. Must have been the jaegerbomb......
Time for fizz! We make friends and then hitch a ride with our new friend to the Long Reef Golf Club for the wedding dinner. Beautifully set out and a lovely view of the beach, even if the weather wasn't up to much. I opened the door onto the balcony and I virtually got blown into the railing. Oops. Unfortunatley the weather prevented us from walking along the beach to the golf club, but as Matthew tested it out the day before and found that it took 1 hour 10 mins to walk and part of it we would've have to wade up to our knees, we were quite glad for the cancellation!! I'm sure the grannies were too. Was great to have the powerpoint in the corner of the wedding photos - every time Brian was in a photo we boo-ed and everytime Bob's mum appeared we shouted hello to Margaret. I'm pretty sure we were the loudest bunch there as we were definitely in the minority in terms of marriage and babies and children. Just meant more room on the dance floor for Alan to lead the conga of the unmarrieds....
The night was drawing to a close about 11pm but not for us, oh no - off to Minskys! I don't think I've ever consumed as much red bull in my life but it got us on the dance floor for a couple of hours. I even managed to sleep for at least 5 hours which is a miracle given all the caffeine consumed. Never again!
Off to Dee Why to see Matthew and Verity for some Yum Cha lunch where we saw the return of our most hated dim sum 'the plughole minced pork wonton' - I didn't go near it. Cokes all round please! Spot the table with the hungover people.
So that pretty much sums up our weekend in Sydney. Lots of food and drink and silliness. Time to plan the next trip! After a lovely Sunday in warm sunshine, 23C, we fly into Melbourne with flooding and torrential rain. Home sweet home!
Hello to everyone, hope you are all well xx
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