10 Mar was Labor Day in Vic. Tress and I go with Vic calendar so it was a long weekend for us. It was also “Canberra Day” here in the BC, so it was also a long weekend for everyone else here.

Tress and I drove up to Sydney on Sat morning. We booked an AirBnB apartment near Macquarie University, and we stayed there for a couple of nights. I had also teed up our Sydney relos for a catchup and on Sat night, we met up at Caleb and Cariss’ place and caught up over dinner. My uncle Tom and his wife Pauline and their 2 daughters Melissa and Sarah, came along. Sarah’s hubby Eddie and their little eight-month old daughter Erica were unwell with cold, so they stayed home.

It was wonderful catching up with family over a very delicious dinner. Caleb and Cariss both did some really good bah kut teh, together with some steamed okras with a delicious garlic sauce. Auntie Pauline also made some chinese styled lettuce with oyster sauce. The meal was almost as good as the time we spent catching up.

On Sunday morning, after walking the little fellow who came along, we took the Metro and train into the city, and visited St Andrew’s Cathedral just next to the Town Hall. It was a lovely service

After the service, we took a walk to Chinatown, and had a really good lunch at Mamak, and then went back to our AirBnB to walk the little guy again, before going to the Macquarie Centre to get some Asian groceries. Sydney obviously has heaps more options than the BC for these things so we got some stuff. Later that evening, we went to Chatswood for a walkabout.

On Monday morning, we walked through the campus of Macquarie University and discovered just how lovely the campus grounds were.

We left Sydney later that morning, and headed back to the BC. Last night, we went and saw the girls again. Just being away from there a couple of days and they looked like they have grown… yes, grandparents can be very biased and think the world of their grandkids.

Sydney was a good break for Tress and I. Other than reconnecting with relos, it gave us the option to just get away to be in a bustling city again, and being in a bustling city for a couple of days is about as much as we needed. It’s great to be back in the rural settings again, although Kiddo wants to make a trip to Sydney again soonish, and I think that would be lovely.