Melbourne-bound

Couple of things:
1) been away a while. more about that later.
2) phone has been out of order. more about that later.
3) dad's op: hope things went well.

We've been to Melbourne. We flew out some time in the dim and distant past - last Friday - after dropping the poor benighted dogs in at the doggy-hotel.

No problems getting on planes etc. Not much packing to do. Although doubts were prevalent: summer in Victoria is hotter than a hell-boy's hairpiece but we were visiting the mountains where it's quite chilly, even in summer.

So we popped in some things with long sleeves and that was that. No traffic on the way to the airport, Paul had us there in plenty of time. No dramas getting through security. No dramas getting on the plane. No dramas. Get the picture?

We landed in Melbourne with no dramas... Josie and Ros picked us up from the airport. No dramas.

We got to Josie and Adam's house and met up with Adam and John. John and Ros being Nicole's uncle and aunt. Josie being their daughter. Adam her hus^H^H^H erm boyfriend.

They live in northern Melbourne. It was hot. We sat outside and ate food until the sun went down. The sun went down late. It was like an English summer evening.

Notch first late night for Eloise. When the sun doesn't set, bedtime creeps up on you, sneaks past you and runs off into the distance before you even get cooking started. Not that I did.