We're heading home today
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (328006)
Rockingham, Australia
December 19, 2022 2:56pm CST
I’m sitting in our lovely hotel room filling in time before we catch a taxi to take us to the airport. We’ve been in Melbourne for four nights and fly home today. The weather has been very kind to us and it hasn’t been too hot.
We had one trip to a DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) store and bought ourselves new sneakers but didn’t do any touristy things apart from checking some graffiti/street art that our son wanted us to see. We got used to using the tram and were clocking on and off like pros by the time we left.
Yesterday we cooked and froze twelve meals for our son. They are all some variation of, basically, a meat stew with rice. Vince made three at a time and flavoured each a bit differently.
Our next house-sit person rang last night and we’ve finalised arrangements to go to her place on January 4th to the 14th. It will be hot there but she has a swimming pool and on the strength of that I bought myself new bathers (swimsuit) online before we came to Melbourne.
The photo is of some decorations near the DFO. There are children’s swings hanging below the bows.
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@moffittjc (118979)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Dec 22
Those are lovely Christmas decorations. And Melbourne looks like a beautiful city!
I hope you have a safe and uneventful trip home.
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@moffittjc (118979)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
@JudyEv Even bigger than Adelaide?
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@JudyEv (328006)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Dec 22
@moffittjc Yes, Sydney and Melbourne would both be bigger than Adelaide.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
20 Dec 22
I hope your trip home is uneventful.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
20 Dec 22
@JudyEv You're welcome. Oh, my! That's a little warmer than I'd like it to be. Stay out of the sun as much as you can, please.
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@JudyEv (328006)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Dec 22
@DaddyEvil Yes, we'll do that. 
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@allknowing (130518)
• India
19 Dec 22
That son is spoilt rotten - 12 frozen meals I say!!! 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16574)
• China
20 Dec 22
What a fine weather and beautiful city ! I am moved by your cooking and freezing twelve meals for your son.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
19 Dec 22
That's nice to make meals for your son. Am Sure he appreciates that. Hey is there any typical "Australian" food? Other than Vegemite, that's what we hear about here.
That is fun to see decorations without the snow
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
20 Dec 22
@JudyEv Oo, I haven't heard of either of those. The picture looks nice though. Pavlova makes me think of the famous researcher and his hungry dogs
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@JudyEv (328006)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Dec 22
@FayeHazel Anna Pavlova was a world-famous ballerina and the dessert was named after her or it might have been created for her.
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@arunima25 (86091)
• Bangalore, India
20 Dec 22
Those are some neat Christmas decorations. I just love those bows.
I presume that you will stay at your home for Christmas before you head off to your next house sitting in January.
Your son would relish those meals prepared and frozen for him when you leave.
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I presume that you will stay at your home for Christmas before you head off to your next house sitting in January.
Your son would relish those meals prepared and frozen for him when you leave.4 people like this
@arunima25 (86091)
• Bangalore, India
20 Dec 22
@JudyEv Sounds good. Have a good time. Merry Christmas.
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@snowy22315 (171915)
• United States
19 Dec 22
Nice you got to visit, surprised you didn't say through Christmas.That area looks kind of futuristic.
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@FourWalls (63030)
• United States
20 Dec 22
What a lovely late spring day! I’ll look at that photo often while we’re having below-zero wind chills this weekend.
Hope you have a good trip home and a lovely Christmas!
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@wolfgirl569 (97215)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Dec 22
Hope you have a safe trip home. Sounds like you had a good time
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@kobesbuddy (75555)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Dec 22
All your photos are lovely, I really enjoy each one. Twelve meals for your son, he will surely appreciate having those to warm up! You have another house-sitting job in January, that should be a lot of fun:)
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@kobesbuddy (75555)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Dec 22
@JudyEv All your photos have been lovely, I enjoy your ventures across Australia:)
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@JudyEv (328006)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Dec 22
@kobesbuddy And I always enjoy sharing the things I see and do.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Dec 22
Love the photo. That's nice to make him meals
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