Perth. Russian hospitality


Perth
Wednesday 29th November 2017





Into Freemantle for a view of the beach and vista over to Rottnest Island.  













Visit to the Sail and Anchor old pub, then onto coffee at the Dome. 


Quirky little town and nice shopping precinct with buskers. 

Kirstine bought some souvenirs which were lovely.  Iain had been given a pass to visit the DVI drone shop and of course bought some bits.  Then on to visit Andre and Natasha’s house to meet the family and indulge in a fabulous Tiramisu and tea.


Joined by Nastya (Alina’s daughter) and her baby Amelia. A  gentle afternoon passed with all of us variously getting abused by their children Bella and Pasha. I’m sure I’m not supposed to wear a tambourine as a necklace and eat the end of a recorder… Mark and Adam arrived back from school and became absorbed into the mayhem with the Russian version of ‘Airplanes’. Not sure what the Russian children think of the Brits now!

Graham took us on a visit to local community arts centres where he has a lot of pottery exhibited and some potter’s wheels and kilns available to teach others. Iain tried to fly the drone but without much success – lucky as the wind was quite strong. This became more apparent when the sound of splintering was heard and a path that we were returning on now had a tree branch fallen over the path. Usual group of people gathered to try and move it, but too large. Luckily they were all clear when another branch came down.  Decided to leave it to the locals – I don’t need to interfere now!!  Ran out of time to visit the local bar ‘Legends’ (still not had an Aussie beer!).

Quick scrub up and off to the local Thai restaurant for a lovely meal. Pad Thai for me. Joining in singing Happy Birthday to a seven year old brought dividends as the family then provided us with slices of cake!  Alina had brought along two bottles of red wine – no licence in the restaurant to sell alcohol, so everyone brings their own – BYO.  Seems a common thing over here.

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