First impressions of our home for at least the next year were great – so here’s a few piccies:
The apartment is still practically empty, but we spent the first weekend picking up essentials to keep us going until our stuff arrives from the UK. For the first couple of nights we were sleeping on a blow up bed that Mark and Emma have lent us, and a couple of blow up cushions from the MotoGP! We took a trip back to Chapel Street to get an iron, kettle and a TV and went to Fantastic Furniture to order a couple of chairs and a mattress and had a mammoth trip to Supa Bargains (basically Pound Land) to get bits and pieces like an ironing board – amazing what you can carry back on the train! The fridge freezer, washing machine, mattress and chairs were delivered the same day so it was nice to get some washing done and be able to put a pint of milk in the fridge!!
Since we’ve been in Brighton we’ve been really busy! Days have been spent buying stuff and the evenings have been spent with friends and family. We moved on a Saturday and that evening we cycled to Mark and Emma’s where they were having a BBQ for my niece, Mabel’s, birthday. Because we got there late we missed the food, but a couple of glasses of wine went down a treat before cycling back again! Emma’s parents are over from England so it was nice to see them, along with Emma’s cousin Cara and her husband Kris, and Mabel and Kieran had great fun dressing up because it was Halloween! Mark must have been so proud when Kieran came outside dressed as a ‘Scary Fairy!’.
Sunday night is now 5-aside football night for Darren, so Chris and Gill picked us up and the boys played football while Gill, Jo and I sat in a wine bar and had a couple of bottle of champagne! Very nice way to end the weekend while the sun was going down.
Tuesday was Melbourne Cup Day which is a public holiday, so Darren had the Monday and Tuesday off which was nice so that we could settle in properly. Monday night we went to Chris and Fiona’s who are a couple that we had met the weekend before at a bbq. It was really nice to be fed and watered and to sit on a sofa for the evening! And Darren and Oliver had a lovely time playing with their light sabres!!!
Tuesday we cycled to Port Melbourne for a coffee and the biggest muffin I have ever seen! I don’t think they could decide on what flavour to do because it had chocolate, rhubarb and toffee in it and it was still warm from the oven – lovely! In the evening Mark and Emma came round to see our new place and then we went out to Groove Train in Middle Brighton – it’s really nice that they live so much closer than when we were back in the UK and we can see more of them.
Wednesday morning Darren had to go back to work unfortunately – I’ve got used to him being around – but I’d arranged to meet up with a girl who has just come to Australia from South Africa, along with her relocation agent and mine. We went for a coffee at a coffee shop just round the corner from our apartment so it was ideal for me and a nice way to introduce me to someone else who is going through the whole relocation thing.
So it’s been a busy old time of it and I’ve made the papers!!!! In our last week on Chapel St I went out on a girls’ night out in the city with 6 other girls which was really good fun! On the train on the way back, Jo picked up a paper that was sat on one of the seats and there I was!!! It was the interview with MX newspaper that had happened on the South Bank on Darren’s birthday! I hadn’t thought for a minute that it would be make it in the paper – but there was my picture and my name in print!!! Funny way to end a good night out!!!
Tonight will be the first night that we have stayed in since we’ve moved to Brighton so looking forward to relaxing on our almost comfortable chairs and watching our new telly – even though there’s rarely anything good on!
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