The morning started off really well with a breakfast made for real people (not backpackers). Orange juice, bacon, pancakes, kiwis, and champagne was consumed on our deck in the gorgeous sunshine with Edgar, Patty, Ayden, Josh, and myself. After eating way too much, and our stomachs hurting a bit, we hurried off to work, to complete errands, and for Josh and I - to get ready for my surprise birthday present!
We brushed the dust off a nice bright red dress, and a handsome button down and hit the town. I planned for the afternoon to be spent at Whisper Wine Bar on Essex Street in Fremantle. There, we munched on delicious olives and each tried a couple of wines. There was a Pinot Grigio that was a bit too sweet for Josh, but reminded me of Summer nights spent in North Carolina on my porch. Pinot Gri was the first wine that I ever liked and if I was lucky, my parents would have some stocked whenever I came to visit. Another wine was a Shiraz that was woody and had a lot of body to it. Paired with the black and green olives, it was amazing. The sun was out and we felt grown up, sipping our wine and having nowhere to go. Such a luxury.
We brushed the dust off a nice bright red dress, and a handsome button down and hit the town. I planned for the afternoon to be spent at Whisper Wine Bar on Essex Street in Fremantle. There, we munched on delicious olives and each tried a couple of wines. There was a Pinot Grigio that was a bit too sweet for Josh, but reminded me of Summer nights spent in North Carolina on my porch. Pinot Gri was the first wine that I ever liked and if I was lucky, my parents would have some stocked whenever I came to visit. Another wine was a Shiraz that was woody and had a lot of body to it. Paired with the black and green olives, it was amazing. The sun was out and we felt grown up, sipping our wine and having nowhere to go. Such a luxury.
The rest of the evening was a bit less laid back after meeting up with ten other friends at a local pub called Sail and Anchor. This is one of the most famous Fremantle bars with 43 different types of beer on tap. It's definitely a place to lighten your wallet so after a couple of drinks we all headed back to our house for a ridiculous next couple of hours. Roy and Isabelle had arranged for around six different games consisting of trying to pop a balloon with your shoe the fastest, being blind folded and trying to eat a piece of cake hanging off of a string, who can grab a plastic fish out of a bowl with only using your mouth the quickest, etc. It was hilarious and a new twist on some childhood games that they had grown up doing. Definitely a unique way to wrap up the birthday night and the pictures are outrageous! Cheers to them for putting in such an effort and everyone having the most amazing time!
While everyone got back into the swing of things, we had to say some good-byes that were extremely difficult. Nick and Linda pushed back their departure date a day to have a Mexican BBQ (compliments of Edgar) on Monday night. We stayed up late and munched on quesadillas and pico de gallo in front of the fire. On Tuesday morning the couple left with their bright green hippie van and went off exploring some new town up the coast. Edgar followed suit the next day hopping on a plane to Malaysia where bottles of Bacardi are $6 instead of $45. There are still remnants of them everywhere... from Edgar's flip flops in my room, to Linda's shirt she gave to me for work, even this blog... Nick showed me how to post multiple pictures, and I just found one of Minnie's headbands that she left here quite a while ago... saying good-bye is never easy, especially since they seem to be never-ending. However, what I've been learning is that the world is increasingly getting smaller, and those that impact you stay with you for a while after they go.
As Nick said in his blog, the difference between normal traveling and exceptional traveling can be attributed to those who you are with. I just hope that we'll still be in Fremantle when Nick and Linda get back, that we'll be able to run into Minnie on the East Coast in August, and that we can bridge the Mexican/American boarder when we return home. But for now, I'll enjoying working with Isabelle, going out for "Girl's Nights" with Patty, Solene, and Bel, losing at Scrabble to Josh, and practicing the Soulja Boy dance with Roy.
"It's not where you are, but who you're with that really matters..." - DMB
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