This weekend was another fairly indulgent affair. Having had a bad day at work, I was in desperate need of a glass of wine by 5pm! First we went to the Slip Inn near our house. Luckily the weather was warm enough to sit outside so we spent a few hours in the garden bar sipping on wine and beer with friends(and at $5 a drink, we had a fair few!). Check it out here: http://www.merivale.com/#/slipinn/gardenbar. We followed this by going to the Golden Sheaf in Double Bay with the intention of getting some dinner (apparently they do amazing fish) only to find out when we arrived that the kitchen had literally just shut. Damn!
Saturday was a chilled out affair wandering around the shops and markets of Sydney followed by a stint in the sunshine at a jazz festival in Paddington. In the evening we took a ferry trip to Balmain (and a very long walk!) for a friend's birthday - lots of good wine, good food, and birthday cake to top it all off.
Sunday has become our food shopping day so we went to Sydney Fish Market, which incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish market and a fresh seafood retail market. It was incredibly busy and incredibly smelly, but we did get some good deals on fish - and hopefully it will taste nicer than the rubbish you get in the supermarkets here. The rest of the day was spent reading the newspaper, cooking a roast and an apple crumble (good British fare!), followed by a film. Then bedtime for another week of work....
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