Cousin's weekend

Cousin Jan came to visit. Her plans had been delayed by the prospect of selling her apartment t but in the end that fell through and so she came to Melbourne after all. I picked her up from the airport and we had. Quick catchup before I had to go out for dinner. I was taking a dessert which had a spectacular marshmallow frosting.

Jan helped me finish the cake and then I left her for the dinner at Angies's place. When I arrived I was two hours late! I had completely confused the times and they had been worried about me. I was mortified, thank goodness I was bringing the dessert and not starters! 

In the end we had a great time and ended up playing a trivia game combined with charades. Bec and George, Tim , Angie and I had a lot of laughs. Lorraine had only recently returned from a week at the Gaia spa in the Byron Hinterland and was tired so she left early.  

I have never quite mixed up times so badly before and I was very embarrassed about it. Fortunately they are old friends and forgave me readily. It was a fun night. George and Rebecca were looking a lot better than we had seen them for some time. George's heart condition is chronic with half the heart muscle damaged but his attitude seemed greatly improved. He finds it challenging finding things to keep him occupied as he can no longer work.

The next day I took Jan up to the Yarra valley to the wineries and lunch at the Healesville hotel. We visited Domain Chandon and enjoyed the tasting so much we signed up for the club! Jan did her usual questioning about food matching and wines and the young French man was up to the challenge and we had an enjoyable visit.  The lunch at the hotel was wonderful and also met her gourmand expectations. After a wander around town we moved along to Tarrawarra but we're not so impressed with their wines although she loved the setting. Home late with toasted sandwiches for tea much later!

Monday was a shopping day in David Jones and a Chinese lunch. All of which was highly successful. I bought two quality tops for half price( the half prices I can afford) and nearly forgot I had to pick up the car that had gone in for service! Next day was Ziggy and we all had fun with him in he pool and at his place before I took her to the airport.  Ziggy kept calling her my daughter which is a bit confronting. He didn't quite get the cousin relationship. 

 Tarrawarra estate