Changeable

Did we mention yet that the weather in Melbourne can change very quickly? Just before X-mas we were having torrential rain. So bad that the gutters came down. Well we were going to clean these anyway so that came in quite handy (not!). It was getting colder as well (17 degrees) so we decided to try out the wood burner - nice. Then on Newyears Eve, we sat outside in the evening and the temperature was 29 degrees -which was rather pleasant after a 40 degree hot afternoon.

This warm weather made us go to the open air cinema. There we watched two shows - the movie, Atonement, a good movie perhaps a bit heavy, and the second show: the unfolding of the beach chairs that you get there. Everyone gets his own chair and you can pick a nice spot to settle down where you can unfold your chair. Nothing special with that you'd say. Not until you see everyone go through al the variations how not to unfold it, leading to a real slapstick scenario. When eventually the chair is ready to sit on, the first thing you hear is the uncorking of the champagne bottle. Because in full english tradition a picnic should be accompanied by a matching bottle of wine - and that goes for open air cinema as well of course!

And of course for everyone following us on this blog: all the best wishes for 2008!