Meeting Mervyn

We didn't catch up with Merv while we were in Perth recently, because we knew he was going to be in Sydney soon after we got home. So on Tuesday night we went out for dinner with Merv and Irina, Mike and Clare, and Sunny, another friend of Merv's. Mike chose the restaurant, a Thai place in Balgowlah, which is pretty convenient for him.

Graham caught the ferry from the city with Merv, and Mike picked them up at Manly. I arrived in our car just as they were getting out of theirs.

The waiter was very nice and thoughtful towards Louka, bringing her small cutlery and a glass of crushed ice (she'd been trying to eat the ice in the wine cooler). She ate quite a bit, but had finished before the rest of us, so Graham and I took turns taking her for walks along the street. We noticed a restaurant called Luka's Restaurant!


Since Louka had only had a short nap, and her Dad hadn't slept well the night before, we left fairly early. Louka started to cry in the car, so I tried singing to calm her down. This worked, but Dad fell asleep first!