Brisbane (Saturday/Sunday)

What a busy couple of days!! Yesterday Julie, Don and I went out for dinner with the family (well part of it) in Cleveland. It was a lovely lunch, and a great chance to catch up with differnt people who I hadn't seen in several years. I came away with several new facebook friends, several new blog followers and a place to stay in Echuca! I also had a loved piece of baked salmon on king prawn risotto which was lovely, and kept me going through the business seminar Julie and I went to at Hillsong church in the evening. It was an interesting evening and though I'm still undecided as to weather it is something I may be interested in, I did take away a few handy hnts and ideas. I got cornered by a rather good looking young man afterwards wanting my opinion on the evening. By this time it was rather late and my brain was pretty much scrambled, so if it wasn't his charm and wit, I probably would have made an escape to the bathroom...
This morning I had a bit of a sleep in after my late night, before heading off to collect my dear friend Kara. Kara were best friendsthroughout high school and though we did drift apart due to some of my... indiscresions after school, we have beome quite close again. We pretty much just got in the car this morning and headed off to get lunch. We took a bit of a detour to start with, heading up Mt Cootha to the look out over looking the city.

 

  

Mt Cootha lookout

Our deliciously disgusting lunch

We were going to have lunch up there, but there were so many people up there we headed off for a drive through to the city, via Paddington which is a very cute little suburb. After Paddington, we headed into the city to Southbank, where we went to the Chocolateria San Churro. I am a lover of chilli chocolate, so they gave me a sample of their 'Azteca'. It was a bit hot for me though-you should have seen Kara's face when I made her try it! So I ended up with the Spanish hot chocolate, which is basically just melted chocolate with a bit of milk. And then Kara and I shared a fondue plate for lunch.
This was an amazing lunch, the only problem was that there was a food festival across the road!! Kara and I went across the road and took a wander through the vendors, but we were both way to full to even think about eating again! I found the disabld toilets without any problems, but I was unimpressed with the 'locked' door being pushed open by an impatient mum with a young kid. I was getting myself dressed again, otherwise I don't think I would have been so understanding...
After our walk I was feeling a bit ordinary, with my blood preasure dropping (probably due to an overdose of chocolate), so we just headed off grab some groceries for Kara, so she didn't have to do her big shop and take it on the bus. I also got a new car charger after smashing my last one in the car at Inverell, and yet more dressings for my feet. I was very excited yesterday when I changed the dressing on my breast, to see it has shrunk substantially again. I'm even daring to hope I might actually be able to swim again by the time I get to darwin...
Well, I need sleep, so that will have to do you all for tonight. I hope everyone is enjoying my stories! 

Kara and I on Mt Cootha