Rellies in Sydney

Graham's brother Bruce and his family are in Sydney for a few days to visit us as well as Graham's and Bruce's grandmothers. We had dinner with them on Monday night at Gourmet Pizza Kitchen at Chatswood. This is a very child-friendly restaurant: they bring colour pencils, activity books and raw dough to the table for kids to play with. And fortunately, the pizzas are pretty good too.


On Tuesday evening we met them where they were walking across the Harbour Bridge, then walked through a short shower down to King Street Wharf to have dinner at Bungalow 8. However, the rain had made the outdoor tables wet, so we looked around till we found Velvet Slide. The meal there was pleasant and reasonably priced, and we sat outdoors under cover where the open air made it less muggy than indoors.

The major excitement of the evening was when I handed Louka to Graham after he'd finished his dinner. He leaned back, just slightly, and there was a loud CRACK and he collapsed backwards. The back of his chair had snapped off. He wasn't hurt, and didn't drop Louka, luckily. The staff looked concerned, and offered ice, but they didn't give us a discount on the bill.

Then on Thursday night we all met at their hotel room for a mixed bag of takeaways from the food hall and the Chatswood market stalls. Clara and Anthony came round after dinner and brought a cake. It was nice and relaxed not being at a restaurant, but Louka got very jealous and screamed whenever Graham played with or picked up her cousins.