I explore some more places – this week, mainly New Farm and Teneriffe. I find a good deli in New Farm, selling large chunky shards of home made fruit & nut chocolate, a good selection of appropriately pungent cheeses, and all kinds of gastronomic exotica. I buy some of the chocolate, and various dips and some fancy crispbreads. They’re all well received by Paddy & Vicky.
I also find a good looking tapas bar, which I reported back to P&V. We go along on Friday, and it’s a nice place. Genuine Spanish food, and genuine Spanish singing & dancing too. There’s a bit of glass in P&V’s paella, so the owner replaces it without question, and gives us some free wine, so that’s ok. Nice people, good service, impressive entertainment, and all in all a good evening. Topped it off with a relaxed stroll back to the New Farm ferry terminal where we got a little ferry across to Norman Park, and had a 10 minute amble home from there.
On Saturday morning, Paddy and I are up early to watch England against South Africa. It's a disheartening spectacle, as England is humiliated by 36-0. That night, I go into Brisbane and meet Mark, Paul and Dawn, in the Pig & Whistle on Eagle Street. It's a big place, with many separate areas, most of which have TV screens. This works out well because Mark (a Middlesborough fan) and Paul (a Liverpool fan) are here for the football. Dawn and I watch a couple of matches from the Rugby World Cup pool stages. We all get to see the matches we came for. Australia beats Wales 32-20, and New Zealand maul Portugal by 108-13. From the matches so far, things don't look very promising for England!
