Another Sunny Day, Another Lunch Out

I found, yesterday, that even after one physio session, I was walking much better than I have for ages. Walking properly, not hobbling, not stepping gingerly. Walking. Almost striding.

When the tram driver, after inching slowly, slowly, slowly along Collins Street stopped at a tram stop and said: "There's quite a long queue of trams ahead. We will get going eventually, but if you're not going far it's probably quicker to walk" - I got off the tram and walked to my 5:30 Japanese lesson without thinking twice about it. Not bad, after one physio session.

It's not been quite so good today. A bit niggly. I had a second session this morning, which didn't hurt quite as much as the first. My knee isn't quite as happy as it was yesterday, but it didn't object to a lunchtime walk over to the Berth/Cargo restaurants with Lindsey, nor to the walk back.

We ate in Cargo, this time. We got there just as it opened and had our choice of tables, by the window, next to the water. Lindsey had an open souvlaki (not pictured). I had a capricciosa pizza, which didn't look as I expected (I didn't expect the anchovies to be quite so plentiful, nor quite so big, nor even quite so fresh) but it was very delicious.

I have added Berth, Cargo and the Urban Alley Brewery to my list of local eateries to visit again.

For some time now I have been watching little round, orange boats bobbing around on the harbour. Every now and then I wondered what they were doing. Then one afternoon, recently, when there were several of them out having fun on the water I enquired of the Internet: what are these creatures? It turns out that they are Aquadonuts and they are, in effect, floating picnic or barbecue tables. You hire them for a couple of hours, you fit up to 10 people inside them and you either have a picnic while you are bobbing around on the water or you can have a barbecue. You provide your own food and drinks and you can hire barbecue equipment if you are so minded.  We absolutely have to do this one day!

Aquadonuts, waiting for us

The Japanese class on Wednesday evening was good. There are six students, one of whom wasn't there. Of the others, one was born in Australia but with a Japanese mother; one is from Korea; one is from Canada but born in Serbia; one is Swedish and then there is me. The sensei is from Nagoya. I've moved from level E3 to E5, which is a better fit. I have done the material we covered in class before, but it's the kind of thing that I go over and over, whenever the opportunity arises. It's about the level of the online classes that I do. The material was new to the other students but our language level is very similar. I think I am going to enjoy these classes