The big smoke

As always the welcome was warm at my brother Roger and his wife Anna's house.  It has a fantastic Victoriana shop front and they have converted it into trendy city living.  They are close to all sorts of amenities - pubs, bars, coffee shops, restaurants - and all within walking distance of the city itself.

Through the goodness of their hearts we also managed to catch up with nephew Adam and his lovely wife Judy.  Now Anna has an Italian background and makes the most amazing pizzas.  Apparently she does have long "sabbaticals" where she doesn't make them but thankfully she agreed to our request.  So we had a fabulous evening with home-made Pizza which included a white chocolate and strawberry sweet pizza which was absolutely divine.  I even managed to secure a piece for morning tea the following day!

Having enjoyed a fabulous meal at the Three Crowns pub, a trip to the Drunken Poets bar the following day which is opposite the Victoria Market (Mr John's favourite food shopping place) was an additional treat.  Mr John also managed to catch up with his Uni friend Chrissy for lunch so a pretty successful trip all round. 

And then Sunday dawned, more packing and a hearty brunch and some sad goodbyes.  We didn't want to leave but the end of our holiday was approaching and so we moved on to Brisbane.