Melbourne Day Six

My last full day in the land of Aus. I had some small errands to run and Ash elected to accompany me on my adventure into the city. The first stop was an Ugg store, my dad’s birthday is coming up and he was after a pair of house shoes. The Aussie specials are not currently produced in any form I’d call a house shoe, strange. All chunky soles and high calves these days. Oh well.

Laneways, Laneways, Laneways

We walked further to check the next thing off the list, get Marcel a magic. This is a Melbourne special. A double ristretto balanced out with a dallop of steamed milk. This tastes like the perfect evolution of the cappuccino. Highly recommend. As we sipped our coffee on crates in a laneway we noticed a flock of barristers in gown doing the same. A quick Google later and we were on our way to the Victoria Supreme Court to see what we could see. No more open sessions for the day but they did have some cool exhibits. Big judge gowns and Santa robes. Vintage wig tins. Some fantastic bike spotting in the court bike racks. The councilors have taste.

We wandered the city for some more time, getting lost, and chattering about whatever happened to be in front of us. Melbourne is a great city to do this in, it is full of books and crannies. Eventually we popped out in the old Italian neighborhood for a late lunch. One pasta and beer later and it was time to head home. 

Dinner with the family. The boys popped out for pickleball, I stayed in and played bananagrams with Ellie and Jacki. After all our games were over, and an impromptu visit from Jacki’s parents, it was time to say goodbye again. It’s been a hell of a time and I don’t know what to make of it all yet. Tomorrow isn’t a thinking day, fourteen hour flight and crossing the date line. Yuck.

The sheets are clean in this airport hotel. I’m thankful for that, we’ll see what tomorrow holds.