Sunday

I was running a couple of minutes late for the Skype call with Tr this morning but she'd only just gotten out of bed so it was okay. Life is good for them and Tr was saying she's just received an invitation to Government House for an event with Governor Marie Bashir which will be her farewell as well. They are very much looking forward to it (the event, not the departure of the Governor).

It was a return to The Markets today and we were a small group - just five of us. Syl and An had planned to come but Vir was not feeling well so they missed it. That was okay though because we caught up with them this afternoon to wish them a "Bon Voyage" before they set off early in the morning. Vir was still not right this afternoon and An was tending her with alternating hot and cold packs. She was showing signs of improvement though and they're hoping she will be back on her feet tomorrow because they won't be there to look after her.

It was a shame they were in Brisbane last night because otherwise they could have joined us for dinner at Entwine at TBH. It was wonderful though - and just in time because last night was Entwine's last night before both it and Vivo close. Vivo will be back in December in a bigger and better incarnation .... Entwine's space will be replaced by a bar and Tapas cafe. I'm glad we made it there though ... thank you M. The food was wonderful and even though I usually have my steak medium-well, when I decided to have "The butterknife steak", so called because they serve it with a butterknife because that's all you need to cut it with, I decided to go with "medium" so as not to offend the Chef (too much). It was truly magnificent and, no joking, on the first mouthful I felt so joyful I could have cried! The others were as happy with their dishes I think, and certainly the entrees and desserts ... and oh my goodness ... the bread ... the butter ... were all way up there as well. Yum!

We were up a little late last night but not too late ... but still this morning I kept turning the alarm off so I ended up getting up half an hour later than planned ... and being just that few minutes late for the call with Tr.

But we weren't late for the movie today ... we decided to catch the 11:40 session as we were breakfasting at The Markets. This was almost the earliest we have left The Markets - and it was much much easier to make the decision given there were only the five of us.

The movie was "The Hundred-Foot Journey", set in France, with an Indian family setting up a restaurant across the road from a Michelin-Star restaurant. Of course, there's more to it than that but that's the basis of what is a very enjoyable "feel good" movie (if, like "Slumdog Millionaire", you ignore the opening!). And speaking of feel-good movies, Sooz saw a trailer yesterday for the sequel to the Marigold Hotel movie. It looks great ... and the only thing we're not looking forward to is that it isn't due to be released until next year.