Hello world!
Hope you're still with me cuz I know it's been a little while between drinks. So, you know I had an awesome but incredibly busy time in Sydney over Easter. Somehow in the space of three days we managed to:
Phew! Summing it all up, I'm not sure how we managed to do it without going insane, well we kinda did, but that's what happens when you travel with an 8 year old and my Mother.
Oh did I not mention that my Mother, who also travelled from Canberra, insisted we visit a random distant relative with her, in some unknown part of Sydney, because you know, we had so much spare time.
When picturing said Mother, think, Imelda Marcos/Margaret Thatcher/Martha Stewart/Oprah Winfrey rolled into one. So basically a scary perfectionist dictator with a penchant for shoes and a heart of gold, who always gets what she wants. Bless.
I'm hoping this weekend will be way less cray cray, but ya never know with me!
Until next time...Rose. xx
Hope you're still with me cuz I know it's been a little while between drinks. So, you know I had an awesome but incredibly busy time in Sydney over Easter. Somehow in the space of three days we managed to:
- pick up the ultimate nanna blanket on the way to Sydney, via a market at Exeter
- schlep to our fave daggy Asian joint, Harry's Singapore Chilli Crab (yes, that's the ACTUAL name) and consume a 2.2 kilo mud crab between the three of us (oh man, the sweetness of the crab, with the fiery chilli sauce was so good)
- race through the Museum of Contemporary Art, where I unfortunately missed the Anish Kapoor exhibition, but managed to eat the most delicious eggs cocotte at the MCA cafe
- meander around the The Rocks market, where I picked up a beautiful Silk Diva Tunic from Anna Pryor
- scoff one of my fave dishes of all time, the roti canai, at the once hatted, yet still awesome Mamak
- Nip into the Sydney Antiques Centre, where as someone who collects tea pots and vintage tins, picked up the Holy Grail = a tin tea pot (what are the chances?!)
- Dash through IKEA, because I physically do not know how to visit a city without nipping into a furniture store (oh I also went to Matt Blatt on Oxford Street). AND to top it off...
- attend a Big Fat wedding of 500 (yep that's 50 with an extra 0)
Phew! Summing it all up, I'm not sure how we managed to do it without going insane, well we kinda did, but that's what happens when you travel with an 8 year old and my Mother.
Oh did I not mention that my Mother, who also travelled from Canberra, insisted we visit a random distant relative with her, in some unknown part of Sydney, because you know, we had so much spare time.
When picturing said Mother, think, Imelda Marcos/Margaret Thatcher/Martha Stewart/Oprah Winfrey rolled into one. So basically a scary perfectionist dictator with a penchant for shoes and a heart of gold, who always gets what she wants. Bless.
I'm hoping this weekend will be way less cray cray, but ya never know with me!
Until next time...Rose. xx
Whoa you definitely did manage to cram lots of good things in to that weekend, I approve very much! :) Ahh Ikea, how I miss thee... and that tin tea pot is totes awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachi, I gotta say I'm exhausted reading how much I did, must have been adrenalin from knowing I'm on HOLIDAY! Really appreciated your post about the Tsunami this week, esp getting an insider's perspective on the event. It was such a devastating moment in history, but I'm so very glad you're safe. x
ReplyDeleteSo think we should plan an eating/shopping/museum weekend in Sydney.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a plan Teak, shall we discuss at LSR sometime in the not too distant future?
ReplyDeletePhew! What a weekend! Can't wait to try out Harry's crab when we go up next! Xx ps. Haha, love how mums always force the catchup with a relo you have never met before!
ReplyDeleteI know M, those crafty mums! Oh yes you've gotta check out Harry's, it's totes Trag-o-rama but the crab is to die for!
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