Before Kerstin (sadly) returned to Sweden, I took her to Manly for lunch.
Actually she ended up taking me to lunch, the lovely girl, but it was my idea. I had wanted to check out the Manly Pavilion for ages – my friend, Alex, keeps inspiring me with snippets of the yummy fare on offer – and Oh, it was so good!
Miserable day outside
But inside was as sunny and warm as could be as I feasted on venison carpaccio – Wow!
and the ten hour roasted lamb, so tender it evaporated on my tongue
We stuffed ourselves sore, and still loved it enough to ask for a doggy bag, sharing a little back at home with the kids…
who all agreed it was the best takeaway they’d had.
Nice place for some Sunday afternoon jazz, me thinks!
As we left, Kerstin was talking about the building that houses Manly Aquarium. I was surprised that she had never been there, though she had lived in Sydney for a number of years in the past, and insisted on taking her in.
I tend to take the experience for granted a little now, having been there so many times, but if it’s the first time you’ve been this close to a shark, it’s a pretty cool thing to do!
This guy got even closer
I adore these sea horses (dragons?)
Walking back to the car, we spotted this…
Not quite Melbourne’s laneways, or Riga’s bridges, but there’s something going on with those thongs.
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