When I awoke the room was still incredibly dark, and at first I thought I had woken up hideously early. A quick glance on my phone told me that it was actually 8.30, possibly the latest I had slept in for quite a while! The black out curtains in the room where I was staying were definitely effective.
I got up and went out into the kitchen, expecting to have to sheepishly apologise to Julie for having slept in. What I found instead was that she wasn’t awake either! Resigned to the fact there wouldn’t be any further sleeping for me, I showered then attempted to make myself a coffee. Their coffee machine was pretty darn impressive, but without knowing exactly what I had to do to froth the milk I decided to make a long black and just add some milk in. It was sufficient in fulfilling my need for caffeine, although I was thankful when Julie showed me how to make cappuccinos later. After a little while Julie surfaced, and I was treated to an incredible home-cooked hot breakfast (I haven’t made myself a hot breakfast in a long time, so this was a big treat for me).
Julie making breakfast
It tasted as good as it looked
Once she had showered it was time to head out for the day. We were headed into the city to pick up another friend, when disaster struck. We had taken a wrong turn, and unfortunately it meant that Julie was going to have to do her first hook turn.
If you want a proper definition of a hook turn, click the previous link. To see how pretty much every person from every other state in Australia responds to hook turns, I refer to Fat Pizza:
We managed to get through without killing anyone, hitting a train or sustaining any damage to the car, thus we considered it a complete success. One quick stop later we had Kim in the car, and we were on our way to the Yarra Valley region to visit a winery and have some lunch.