That's all folks, or is it?

We've arrived in Sydney and Mr John has booked us into the Hilton Hotel.  He's also booked us into Aria restaurant and there's not a lot of time (though just enough) between arriving and the booking.  I'll tell you about the restaurant in my next post as it deserves to be spotlighted and not mixed up with everything else.

The hotel is on George Street and that's where you will find the Marble Bar underneath the hotel.  It was built in 1893 which, by Australian standards, is really old.  There was an excellent band playing and Mr John was mighty impressed (so was I quite frankly for remembering it was there).  So we had some cocktails (Mr John seemed to think he was James Bond and ordered a Vesper) and I did a bit of singing - to myself you'll all be glad to know!

It's an early start for our flight and so it wasn't too late a night but it was a fabulous way to end an amazing holiday.  Our suitcases have had "heavy" labels on them for the last couple of flights but fortunately we are still within our baggage allowance.  We've stocked up on things you can't get anywhere else and are hopeful the chocolate will stay in one piece until we get to our fridge (because we have two nights in Bangkok when we get home).

So thank you to all our friends and family for sticking to our dietary requirement of NO RICE!!  I'm sure you've all noticed what food, drink and good company means to both of us.