Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Melbourne afternoon and evening the 18th
We may never again be able to play "go fish" again with a straight face. After a lovely day walking through the Botanical Gardens, and then resting in the room to recover from the five or six mile walk, we headed out to dinner on an antique tram through the neighborhoods of Melbourne. We were joined on the tram by two young (brainless) Canadian women and twenty Chinese men with little English. Hence, we got extra service from Rowan and Tim, the two marvelous waiters. A wonderful dinner with bubbly, wines, and more bubbly ensued. Followed by port and Baileys Creme over ice. Tim was a great guy and we spoke of Seattle, his upcoming trips to SF and Vancouver. He seemed quite taken with us, more so with Mark. After a thoroughly enjoyable evening - the Canadians flirting with the Chinese and Tim with Mark, we had way too much to drink. As our children know all too well, Mark can get carried away with his comments in this situation. At the end of the evening, the waiters passed out postcards of Melbourne. Mark fanned out the postcards as if in serious contemplation and asked Tim : "Do you have any Queens." Tim answered readily, "I am one. What would you do with me if you got me." The Canadians screamed "Go fish!" And Mark melted into the corner of his seat. Tim loved it all and we could all hardly get off the tram we were laughing so hard. The Chinese laughed along, but had no clue what was going on. They obviously thought the Canadians were entranced by them. They kept flashing "V" for victory signs and trading pictures. Now it is time for us to "go fish" for real. We are up at 4 tomorrow morning to catch the plane to the Whitsunday Islands.
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