Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sunday Funday

After a really long week and full on work trip, all I wanted to do was sleep on Sunday. However, Greg drug me out of bed and we had a nice Sunday Funday. Brisbane is really big on markets. We have markets on Wednesdays which are fresh produce, food and treats. Southbank markets which are trendy up and coming designers and local vendors of jewelry, clothes, trinkets, etc. And Eagle St. Pier markets every Sunday which are similar to Southbank markets but offer unique gifts ideas and treats. We’ve passed the markets at the pier a number of times but haven’t stopped so Sunday we made a point to do so. We bought a few things but mostly looked at everything the locals had to offer.


Around noon we took the City Cat over to New Farm which is a nice suburb with huge parks and beautiful river front apartments. We walked, and walked and walked, trying to decide if New Farm is an area in which we would want to live. The jury is still out on that but we’ll see soon.


We finally turnaround and walked back to where we got off the City Cat to a place called The Powerhouse. This is an old warehouse type building which always has something to offer in terms of food, drinks, art and live entertainment. We met Stephanie and enjoyed people watching from the downstairs restaurant and enjoyed the beautiful afternoon.


Greg and I caught the City Cat back to the city and just so happened to pass our favorite $7 beer and pizza Sunday special restaurant. How ironic huh? Early evening, we had about enough and called it a weekend.

Stay tuned. Tomorrow I leave to go to Perth and I get back very early Friday morning. For most of you, I’m sure you’re wondering what in the world that means to you in terms of time. I don’t know either. Saturday we’re either going to look at apartments or go to the driving range and then Saturday night we’re going to the Australia vs. South Africa rugby game. No, we don’t get it yet, but it will be so much fun! We’ll check out the Storey Bridge Hotel, which is actually a pub, on Sunday and try to get some rest in between. Next weekend we’re going to Coolangota which may sound familiar, we passed through there on our way to Byron Bay last month. The beaches look beautiful and we’re going whale watching. We’re so excited and we’ll post more as it happens.

We miss you all so much and hope to talk to you soon! We’re going to have to start staying up late or getting up earlier. We want to hear what’s going on will y’all too!!