<\/a>On Saturday Helen and I drove over to St Kilda, a Melbourne district by the sea, to meet and have lunch with Helen, a friend\/ex-colleague of my Helen’s from when she worked in New Jersey, USA. We met at the Rococo Italian Restaurant<\/a>. The two Helens caught up on their time since we parted. We spent a lot of time talking about our 4 years aboard Dignity.\n<\/p>\n

The Helens decided to share a pizza and I had one all to myself. We stayed at the restaurant for about 2 hours before parting company, promising to meet again before we leave Australia.\n<\/p>\n

It was a bit cold and I was beginning to feel a little queasy so we only had a brief walk around the area. We had a brief look inside a nearby amusement park which is around a hundred years old. By the time we were back in the car and driven home it was nearly five in the evening. We had a chat with the Barbers before retiring to the cottage to rest the evening out.\n<\/p>\n

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