Here we go again

So it has been 6 months since we came back from Europe and now we are heading off again to pick up some of the places we missed This came about because on our last trip the cruise line had offered $800 per person for flights but failed to release their flights in time for us to take advantage of the cheaper air. After some whinging from us (nothing like a good whinge) they offered us $1600 in cruise credits provided we booked another cruise within 12 months. We were able to combine a Mediterranean cruise, mainly around Italy with a Russian river cruise which had a fly free offer so we managed to get to Europe without actually paying for flights.....bonus!

Shari dropped us at Varsity train station (thanks Shari!) as we are staying at a hotel near the airport. Easy peasy, stored our luggage in luggage racks and got a seat, hardly anyone on the train... until next station (Robina) when about 3000 people embarked (ok, slight exaggeration) due to spectators travelling to the Commonwealth Games. Standing room only. We didn't care, we had our seats. It was only crowded for a few stations though so it didn't really matter.

Quiet motel, nothing flash and we headed off to the Eat Street Markets ( about a half hour walk) for dinner. Very balmy evening, amazing for mid April. The Eat Street Markets were pretty crowded but we had a couple of nice dishes (a pork belly with a spicy green apple salad, and a salt and pepper calamari, followed by a Tim Tam cheesecake sundae). Fortunately we had that half hour walk back to burn of our dinner. It really feels as if our holiday has started.

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