Then to their new house in Chatswood (they only just moved here from Wellington last year) which is a suburb of Sydney which is just like a city in itself. Fanny says she has a huge shopping problem, and it is that she is surrounded by malls and she just cannot stop herself, she is out of control! Sounded wonderful to me, so after a lovely late BBQ lunch with a few wines, we headed out to explore.
Fanny invited Benny and Naomi to sleep over. Of course they didn't need asking twice, they leapt at the chance to stay with Frank, create Lego for hours, make dens from the bunk beds, use the mattresses to slide down the stairs and stay awake 'til 10pm;)
Fanny also encouraged Alex and I to go out and hit Chatswood, so, after a bit of arm twisting, we indulgently treated ourselves to 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' at the movies. I knew it would be good as Alex's mum had recommended it, and we have the same taste in movies, so I chose that and just hoped that Alex would like it too. He did. It definitely deserved it's 7.5 rating on IMDB, and hey, I think I would be so bold as to rate it as high as a 7.8. The British film industry does growing old so well, they certainly couldn't make that film in Hollywood.
The next morning, which was very quiet in the campervan (not sure if I liked it or not!) we headed back to Chatswood for a romantic and peaceful brunch and then to relieve Fanny from her duties, and headed to the playground in the afternoon.
Thanks Fanny for helping to make our Sydney weekend so relaxing and fun for all of us, we really miss having you and Bruce and Frank and Sebastian (not in this picture, Seb is now fourteen and was just too tall to fit) just around the corner. Fanny, looking forward to seeing you on our next girl's weekend!!!
Love
Est xxx
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