Thursday night was another opportunity for Aussie movie experiences. Me, Katy and two of her friends went into the city for a moonlit screening of Dirty Dancing in the Botanical Gardens. The place was absolutely heaving so we tucked ourselves into a little corner and set our our cider, champagne and cheese picnic. And yes, you did read that right...I was indeed tucking into cheese and biscuits. Katy has force-fed me cheese so much over the last ten weeks that rather than merely tolerating i may potentially be liking. Ok, so I'm not gonna be drooling over some mouldy stilton that tastes like feet, but some mild cheddar, brie or edam might just be sneaking into my supermarket trolley.
Anways, so with such a large crowd there the atmosphere was pretty epic. The first time Patrick Swayze came on screen everyone squealed and wooped and just the same enthusiasm was given to booing at Robbie, the slimy waitor who seduces Baby's sister. Loved it! We all made our way back to the car singing and re-enacting our favourite parts on a complete girly high.
Friday was the first day in a while that I've had to myself so I went into the city for some retail therapy. Me and Katy had a coffee before she started work and then I hit the shops. Four hours and several shopping bags later I went up to Katy's office to collect her for our lunch date. She took me for sushi, because she knew that I supposedly hated sushi but was determined to make me like it. Her mission was indeed successful as I enjoyed three sushi rolls of crispy chicken, teryaki beef and prawn and cucumber. My preconceptions of sushi only being horrifically strong raw fish has been dispelled and I will be at one of those places with the conveyor belts before you know it. The afternoon was spent wandering around the city and I spent a couple of hours in Elder Park just sitting in the sunshine watching the world go by...heaven!
The next entry in my diary is one of my top five things I have done so far, me and Katy went wine-tasting. We went to an area called McLaren Vale that is about 40 minutes from my sister's house. In an area of about three square miles there is around 30 wineries which each offer free-wine tasting at their bars or "cellar doors". The area is absolutely stunning to drive through, with scenes reminding me of being in the Mediterranean and with the added bonus of free wine it has to be one of my favourite places in Adelaide. We only had a couple of hours before we had to get home to the kids, but in that time we visited four wineries and I sampled around 20 wines (Katy was chief driver). My favourites were a rose which is served over ice and a chardonnay infused with cucumber and green apple. Bottles of each were of course purchased.
So you have heard about the vineyards, now its time to divulge my farmyard adventures. Yesterday Katy and I took the kids to Hahndorf Farm Barn. Its basically an interactive farmyard experience where kids can get up close with the animals and stroke them, feed them and even milk them. Heading there it was hard to tell who was more excited between me and the kids. The nature girl in me definitely got to come out and play. We held baby chicks, guinea pigs and rabbits, fed bottles to lambs and calves, fed carrots to ponies and donkeys and fed grass pellets to kangaroos, deer and even an ostrich! As well as all the cuddling and stroking, which of course I fell completely in love with there were a couple of animal shows put on by the staff. The first involved a spitting alpaca and milking a massive cow called daisy and the second was a reptile show. The woman started by asking for adult volunteers. Cue me waving my hand around like Hermione Granger in my excitement to take part. I was handed a blue-tongue lizard to hold while she talked to the rest of the audience about him and the other reptiles. After the show everyone was allowed to hold the lizards and me and Scarlett even got to hold a python, which was awesome! My favourite animal was a small calf that seemed to take a shine to me. She seemed to think that my hand resembled a bottle so was sucking hard on all of my fingers in an attempt to find some food. The day was fantastic and I had a massive grin on my face the whole time that my sister couldn't help but laugh at. Scarlett was just the same and Katy had to literally drag us away when it was time to leave. Josh on the other hand was a little more nonplussed. He was excited about all the animals but if they happened to moo, baa, move towards him or even look at him, he was more than happy to retreat back to a safer distance. At one point he even asked if he could go sit in the car. It seems he takes after his dad and isn't exactly a nature boy....
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