Hi family and friends,
We finally arrived in Newcastle and headed to my sisters place in Mayfield. We were delighted to see that she has been sprucing the place up and it looks great. It is an old cottage and she has redone the front paintwork and now the back deck area. Villa Vallencia is looking good.
As usual we headed off to catch up with the kiddy winks for tea. James and Ruby are great little cooks and produced a sumptuous feast for us - potato salad, asparagus from the community gardens, roast tomato and goats cheese quiche and scrumptious beef and red wine pies. A hit with Ross. We finished with crumble and decadent vanilla ice cream. As always we ate too much but the company was fine and it's always lovely to see them both. The flat looked brilliant and the kids happy.
We did the family thing over the next couple of days - lunch with ma and pa, coffee and drinks withMick and Donna and the nieces and nephews and then dinners and afternoons with my sister. It's great to catch up and Ross had an opportunity to show off his van.
We coffeed in the Hunter Mall at a place called Half Penny Black - great coffee and setting under the dappled light of the Leopard trees. Wandered down along the Harbour foreshore and on to the relatively new James Squires Micro Brewery to check out the range.
You can take the girl out of Newy but it is always good to get back and see the family.
Thank you Villa Vallencia for a very comfortable and welcoming stay.
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