Shopping and pancakes

Friday

31.07.2015

 

Today we woke up 7.45 AM and ate breakfast. Freya has got an ear and a throat infection, so Sam stayed home with today. Magnus went to school by himself...

...and we dressed up :-D, to walk to the... 

 ...GYM! We spent some time exercising there and then we walked home and had a quick shower.

After that we walked down to Hampton Train Station and caught the train to Middle Brighton. 

 When we came there we went in to the first restaurant we saw, "White Rabbit" was the name of it and it was very nice. 

 Matilda had a "Breakfast Bruchetta" with poached eggs, avocado and tomato salsa...

 ...and Elin had a "Roasted Chicken Pide" with avocado and salad.

They tasted both very good.

 At Church Street we did some shopping.

 Then we went further to North Brighton and had a look in the shops there too.

 On our way home from Hampton Street, we discovered that they have "Snödroppar" here too...or similar anyway. Very pretty! 

 For dinner Sam drove us all to a Pancake restaurant!

 Dinner or dessert??? This was our dinner: Chocolate pancakes! We were full after eating them, but they were yummy!

 After dinner we went to Chadstone, which is the biggest shopping mall in "Australasia". It was enormous!!! But we just had a quick look, because we will spend the whole Tuesday there (and even then we will only have time to see some of the shops). :-)

//Matilda & Elin

"Quiet" day because of the weather

Thursday

30.07.2015

 

Today we woke up early, 7.35 AM, and breakfast. Sam was already at work so the four of us, Magnus, Freya, Elin and Matilda, rode with our bikes to the school. Then we went home with the bikes again and walked down to the gym.

We did some exercise there and then we walked home. The plan was to go for a bike ride then, but the weather was too bad, so we stayed home and had a quiet day.

For lunch we made toasties and poached egg.

 

After lunch we talked to Kevin and Lyn on the phone, because we thought they had called us in the morning, but the phone had probably played a trick on either us or them, but it was nice talking to them again.

 

At 3.30 PM we picked up the kids from school and when we came home we prepared the dinner. Because today it is "Busy Thursday", so they had an early dinner.

 

We stayed at home when Sam came home and drove Magnus and Freya for swimming and soccer and ate dinner later. Today we had the left over Spaghetti Bolognese from last Tuesday.

 

//Elin & Matilda

Melbourne Central

Wednesday

29.07.2015

 

Today we had a sleep in until 8.20 AM when we woke up and ate breakfast. Sam drove Magnus and Freya to school and we walked down to Hampton Train Station and caught the train to Flinders Street Station.

 Here we are at Hampton Train Station. It was a nice day!

When we arrived to Flinders Street Station we had a look in some souvenir shops.

 After a while we were a bit cold, so we thought we deserved a hot chocolate. Not a usual hot chocolate...

 ...Lindt Hot Chocolate!!! It was the highlight of the day. We have never tasted any better hot chocolate before. It came like this and we got to mix our own and of course we did not use all chocolate with the milk, we scooped some out and ate it with our spoons too... YUMMY!!!

 Then we caught the train to Melbourne Central and wandered around in the mall there. Here is the famous "Shot Tower" inside the mall.

 There were many levels and a big clock that played "Waltzing Matilda" every hour.

 

For lunch we had a chicken and avocado sandwich. It was nice.

 "I carried a watermelon!... I carried a watermelon...?"

 There was a lane above the street that you could walk through to the next mall "Emporium".

 In the morning we passed an aboriginal lady who was painting on the ground and when we passed the same spot in the afternoon, this was how it had turned out. Very cool!

 

Then we caught the train back home to Hampton.

For dinner Sam made boiled vegetables with Salmon patties and a cold sauce. It tasted good.

 

We have to tell you that we actually had a lot more pictures from today on Elin's camera, but unfortunately something made them disappear... Hopefully it still works and is not broken.

We hope that you all enjoyed this post even though.

 

//Elin & Matilda

Exercise, walk and Bolognese

Tuseday

28.07.2015

 

Today we woke up 8 o'clock and ate breakfast (as usual). After that we dropped of the kids to school and then Sam drove to Power Station and we walked to the same gym as yesterday.

We were lucky because we were the only one there.

 

After the exercise, we went home and took a shower and did some washing. When Sam came home, we ate lunch and then we (Sam, Matilda and Elin) walked down to Hampton street and bought some ingredients for the dinner tonight.

When we came home again we just relaxed. Then Sam drove to work and we went to the school to pick up Freya and Magnus.

When we came home, Magnus had piano lesson and we did some reading.   

 For dinner we made Spaghetti Bolognese!

 

Sorry that we did not had so many photos today...

...So we took a quick selfie for you all to enjoy!

 

//Elin & Matilda

Exercise and Quiche

Monday

27.07.2015

 

Today we woke up at 7.45 to eat breakfast and then drop Freya of at school, because Sam had to drive Magnus to his netball match.

After that we walked to the gym and did some exercise for two hours.

Then we went home and took a shower.

We also tried to pack our suitcases to see how much space we have left.

For lunch we made our style of eggs benedict. Then we just relaxed and had a look at some clips at YouTube. Then Sam went to work.

At 3.15 PM we walked and picked up Freya and Magnus from school.

 For dinner we made...

...Quiche with broccoli and capsicum. It was very yum!

 

// Matilda & Elin

Falls Creek

Thursday

23.07.2015

 

In the morning we had a sleep in and then we ate a nice breakfast. Sam took Magnus and Freya to school and went for exercise (we could not exercise because Elin had a sore throat and Matilda had a sore foot). After breakfast we took a shower and packed our things for the snow and when Sam came home we packed the car.

 For lunch Sam was going out with two friends to Brighton and we walked down to Hampton Street. We walked all the way up for the first time and went to a café that Sam had told us was good called "The Spare Room".

 We ate Eggs Benedict and drank hot chocolate there and the staff was very funny.

 

When we came home we entertained ourselves by practising hairstyles and when Sam came home from lunch she went to pick Magnus and Freya up from school. They came home and changed clothes and then we drove to Melbourne and picked up Gareth from his work (it is right next to the Vegemite factory). Then we were all on our way to Falls Creek were we were going to go skiing. The Browns use to go to Mt Hotham, but there is more snow in Falls Creek this time a year. On the way up we ate dinner at McDonalds. When we arrived to Falls Creek Country Club (the place were we would stay) we had been driving for about 5.5 hours. Then we went to bed.

 

Friday

24.07.2015

 

We woke up 7 o'clock and all of us ate scramble eggs for breakfast because the supermarket had been closed on the way up and it was still closed in the morning.

Then we went and hired skis, poles,boots and helmets to everybody.

After that, Freya went to ski school and Magnus joined us to ski without Sam and Gareth for a while. Then we met up with and went to Ruined Castle. We (Matilda and Elin) went ahead but the wrong turn and had to take the chairlift up again. We met the others in a small hut and had a hot chocolate to worm up with because the weather was horrible. It was raining, windy and foggy.

 

When we went home for lunch we walked through the village.

For lunch we had toast and a snack. After lunch we did not wont to go out again so together with Magnus we went to the indoor spa and pool. We warmed up in the bubble pool and had a shower. It was very nice!

 

Then we played Cluedo with Magnus two times while Sam and Gareth picked up Freya from ski school.

For dinner we had our meatballs with mashed potatoes and everyone enjoyed it!

After that we watched the Smurfs 2 and had dessert. 

 

Saturday

25.07.2015

 

We woke up 7.45 AM and ate breakfast. Then we got ready for the last ski-day. The weather was better, it was still windy, but not as foggy and not wet like the day before.

Around 11 AM we went inside to warm up.

 Elin and Magnus had a hot chocolate. We watched the strange weather outside: first the fog was "Thick as peasoup" and suddenly it was clear and then back again and so it went on.

 Here we are standing in the snow with Gumtrees in the background. That is something you can only do in Australia. The snow was beautiful and we went skiing in the black runs. They were just like black "Kuleløype". That was fun!

 

After lunch (toast) we went out and picked up Freya from skischool and she took us down "Wombat's Rumble". She showed us what she had learned in skischool these two days.

 The family Brown.

 

When we came home we warmed up in the sauna and for dinner we had lasagne.

 For dessert we tried to sip TimTams through our hot chocolates. It was delicious!!! The movie of the night was Spiderman.

 

Sunday

26.07.2015 

 

Today we woke up at 8 o'clock and got up to pack our stuff.

 Then we had a lovely pancake-breakfast with strawberries, bananas and maple syrup.  

We packed the car and had a look in a shop. After that we had a hot chocolate at a café and then we walked through the village to the car and drove home.

 For lunch we stopped at a cheese factory.

 We shared a smoked salmon pizza.

Then we drove further and arrived back home 6 PM.

For dinner we had toasties.

Are we really so far from home...?

//Matilda & Elin

 

P.S It is cool to think about how we had a swim in the ocean in the same week that we were standing on skis in snow. Typical Australia! D.S

Cooking day

Wednesday

22.07.2015

 

Today we woke up at 7.45 AM to first ate breakfast and then drop Magnus and Freya of at school. After that we (Sam, Matilda & Elin) drove to a special gluten free shop to buy some things to Gareth. Then we went to the supermarket and  bought some ingredients for todays cooking because tomorrow we are going to the snow for the weekend so we are going to bring the meals with us. 

 When we come home, after the shopping, Sam drove to the gym and we made the dessert. Chocolate cake with coconut topping. When Sam came home we ate lunch and then we continued with the cooking. We showed Sam how to make Swedish meatballs and Sam made lasagne.

 

Then it was time to pick the kids up. Today Freya had two friends from school here and Magnus had Charlotte. Magnus, Charlotte and Sam also made Caramel Slice.

 While they were baking, we went for a walk.

 

To dinner we had "Mango-Chicken-Curry-Stir-Fry"

//Matilda and Elin



Lorikeets and back to Melbourne

Tuesday

21.07.2015

 

Today we woke up 7 AM and ate breakfast so that we could be at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary at 8 o'clock. Elin felt better today so we could both feed the Rainbow Lorikeet birds.

 We fed the birds and they sat on our hands and Elin even got one on her head.

It was not as many as yesterday, but there still came a few. It was very cool :)

 

After that we went home and packed some last things and Lyn showed us her "Rain Forest", before we they drove us to the Gold Coast airport. We had a very good time in Currumbin and wish Kevin and Lyn all the best!

 At the airport we bought lunch that we brought on to the airplane and the flight took around 2 hours.

An airview of Melbourne city.

 

When we landed, Sam picked us up and we drove home. We unpacked our things and played a board game with Magnus. Dinner tonight was Stir-Fry!

 

//Elin & Matilda



"Fully Sick" in two ways...

Monday

20.07.2015

Today was "fully sick"! At 2 o'clock in the night we were both awake because Elin was throwing up. Lyn helped to clean up and we tried to sleep again. Then Elin went sick at 3.45 again. After that there was no more throwing up, but Elin was very sick in the morning. She stayed the day in bed to recover. Poor Elin!

While Elin and Lyn stayed at home, Matilda and Kevin went for a bike ride. First to Currumbin and then further to Tugun and to Kirra Beach (the picture), which is an excellent surfing beach. The waves there were great and there were some people out there surfing.

Then we went the same way back and stopped at a beach in Currumbin (far away at the horizon to the right, you can spot "Surfers Paradise").

There Matilda did not want to miss the chance for a swim.

When we come home after the bike ride (30 km), Elin was still feeling very bad, so Matilda and Kevin went to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

A picture of Matilda in front of a huge fig tree.

We watched an amazing Bird Show with all kind of birds in it, for example this Pelican.

Then we watched some Aussie animals. It was the first time that Matilda saw Echidnas.

We also went to see an Aboriginal Dance Show.

..and the feeding of the Rainbow Lorikeets. That was very cool. You could pay to feed them and then they sat on your hand or your head and ate.

 For dinner we had kangaroo on the BBQ. Both of us tried it (though Elin could only eat a little bit) and it was yummy!

For dessert we had custard apple with "Rise Cream". It was also nice and Elin had a piece of the apple too.

Now we hope for a good night sleep and no more sickness.

//Elin & Matilda