I had the best weekend.

[mstakenidentity]

mc_shamo and I stayed in a small, secluded cottage in Olinda. If you're ever staying in the Yarra Valley area stay at this cottage. It was just beautiful. Oh, and get the Lover's Retreat Package... but don't buy extra cheese. We stopped at Yarra Valley Dairy on the way up and went a little crazy on goat's cheese, then found when we were ready for dinner the antipasto platter already had three different types of cheese on it, and cream cheese stuffed bell peppers... yum... the champagne was great too, and the second night we had champagne (well, "sparkling wine made in the champagne style") made from blueberries.

The weekend was filled with places with wine and cheese and good, good food. We went for walks and looked in antique shops and had scones and jam and played cards and had spa baths and got lost in a national park. We also listened to the radio and spent time just talking and being snuggled on the couch. I turned my phone on three times during the weekend, never for very long. I don't think we ever turned on the tv.

impostinator, you would love it there; plenty of walks and the local craft shop sells Jo Sharp yarns!

Last time I was in Olinda was May 2006, for Theatre In Education. I was there under very nice circumstances then, and though I would never have thought at the time that I'd return with one of the same people under such different circumstances, it was still really nice :-) (By the way rin_tin_tin_, we tried and tried to find that weird candy corn thing you bought last time, but nowhere had it.)

We ended up bringing home wine, cheese, soaps, jams and pomegranate molassas. Oh, and a chopping board to join the placemats and coasters that will be broken out when we move.

Oh yeah, and Seamus and I have now been together a year!

Definitely want to go back, winter would be awesome there.

Happy Chris.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/rin_tin_tin_/]

Awesome! Glad you had fun.

I do love my weird candy corn thing, though even I, who love it, can not really say that it qualifies as food... man, now I'm craving it...

[mstakenidentity.livejournal.com]

We got many a strange look from the lolly-shop people asking for it!

[mc-shamo.livejournal.com]

It's a seasonal thing, isn't it? Haloween time is when it's out?

[http://users.livejournal.com/rin_tin_tin_/]

Yeah, generally speaking, comes out October, for Halloween. You'd be able to find it the rest of the year if you really wanted, though.

[impostinator.livejournal.com]

Yay, sounds lovely. Glad you guys had such a good time!