Author name: jade

In the final week of this Melbourne visit, I wasn’t able to check off everything I wanted to do this trip but it does give me a start on next year’s list. There were other fun things I did that weren’t on my list. An unexpected excursion was a walk through a First Nation’s cemetery. […]

This week was packed with fun things and yummy food. That’s sort of the thing, yes? On a rainy Sunday afternoon, we finally went to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. The building was amazing but the exhibition was not inspiring. After I viewed all I could find, I asked if there was more but

This week was low-key with just some wanderings and trying out new food and drink establishments. BF always has to ask where someone is from so when our car rental agent said he was from Sri Lanka, BF asked for a recommendation for the best Sri Lankan restaurant. He told us that Sri Lounge was

Although we’re not in our usual QV apartment building, we’re kitty-corner so at least we’re in the same neighborhood and know the lay of the land. Dropping into deep winter is jarring. Thankfully we got 2 consecutive days of sunny, if not cold, days. In January/February when we were here, I wanted to re-visit my

We did it! We got to go on the Western Australia trip that was scheduled last year but got cancelled due to lock down. Google says we went to 34 cities and 95 places. I wonder how it determines what a “place” is. We drove 4797 km (2981 miles) up the state over 2 weeks.