Thursday, December 6, 2007

Night markets and barbies


As I hear tales of snow and ice from back home, our backyard barbecue the other night just keeps sounding better and better. It was a perfect night with lots of great food and great company. My cookies were a hit, or rather Betty Crocker's cookies were a hit. Our guests left full and with their lunch all ready for the next day. They got the food, we kept the untouched beers. I thought it was a fair trade.

Last night we ventured to the night markets in Melbourne which are great and not at all like the night markets in Thailand. They're only on Wednesdays for a several months during the summer. There's a live band that plays, beer vendors, food vendors of every variety you could think of, and stalls of merchandise. They have everything from scary witches that cackle and then take off at a dead run in mid-air, to wall aquariums, to jewelry, to licorice stalls, and lots of other things. So people wander around with their beers, examining merchandise, bopping along to the music while they shop. Really so much fun!

Thought I'd switch it up a bit and put the picture on the right for a change. Hope it doesn't throw anyone off :)

1 comment:

Christine said...

i thought you meant barbie dolls - lol :-) sounds like a lot of fun all the same :-)