Melbourne

Our Melbourne sojourn began this morning. Waking up to storms and torrential rain we were reluctant to leave our warm bed. The taxi arrived in good time to take us to Coolangatta airport. Boarding was not much fun, running through the rain to the plane, but we boarded only to find that the seats we booked on line yesterday did not exist due to a change of plane (smaller aircraft). We usually go for the last row, often not too crowded. We stood with the flight attendant for quite some time as they were juggling passengers from seat to seat. Somehow everyone was seated and we were ushered to a seat beside an Asian lady with twin babies and a toddler. Her mum had two of her offspring in the seat behind us.

Surprise, surprise, it was sunny in Melbourne, not too cold. Taking the Skybus, we were duly delivered to Somerset Gordon Heights in Little Bourke Street. Gordon Heights is across the road from it's other property, Gordon Place which in the old days was a doss house for homeless men. It is a fabulous old building, now all self contained apartments for holiday letting. It is quite a convenient spot so tomorrow we will be off to do some sightseeing now that we have been shopping for essential supplies, food and drink.

This afternoon on our  way to the supermarket we stopped at a Greek restaurant for a drink and enjoyed some Greek dips and bread with our wine. Passing the Greek cake shops was not easy. Perhaps we will return tomorrow.