Thursday (March 20) we were invited to our friends’ Walt and Ellen Hiltner’s home for prosecco, and they had prepared a delicious dinner for us. Ellen shops at a special fresh market, so we were treated to all sorts of delicacies before dinner. They are planning to re-build their home, which has the most amazing view of Sydney, and we had a chance to look at the latest revisions to their plans. They live in a heritage and conservation area, so building there is a challenging prospect. Walt and Ellen have become very special friends to us, and it’s always lots of fun to spend time with them while we’re here. We just wish that they were able to come to Seattle more often!

We’ve been told that it always rains at Easter, and sure enough, after nearly 3 weeks of spectacular weather, we woke up to wet streets and a temperature that had dropped from 82 to 66 overnight. It was the first day Tom was able to sleep in past 5:30am, as the club doesn’t usually ride in the rain.

Good Friday is a big holiday here, and nearly everything is closed. However, there are lots of fairs and many forms of entertainment at various venues around the city. We were wandering through Darling Harbour and came across a very unusual “concert”. Here’s the photo and I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.

We decided the caption for this picture should be BAD PARENTING

The Sapphire Princess dwarfs Sydney’s Circular Quay.