Marrickville, Monet and Matt Moran

Using our 2009 Sydney Foodie Guide we headed out to Marrickville on a sunny, hot, summer day last week. We found the Vietnamese restaurant area and the famous Hellenic bakery and ate a very ordinary rare beef noodle soup for lunch. Rob recovered from his disappointment by finding this funny cubby hole Pork Roll shop - with delicious French style rolls.

I recovered when we discovered Serendipity Ice Creams on Enmore Road and was able to hoe into a fig, honey and pistachio ice cream. http://www.serendipityicecream.com.au

We had wonderful week in Sydney: beach walks, dangling legs in the Wylie pool (water was too cold for a swim at 18.9oC), movies at the Ritz , Monet and the Impressionists exhibition, dinner with our Canberra neighbours at Barzura's and then our celebration dinner at Matt Moran's Aria Restaurant at Circular Quay last Thursday night.

Somehow we managed to book the best table in the house......

The food, wine and company were exceptional but the view was absolutely amazing.

A slightly cheesy touch was the acknowledgement of our wedding anniversary on the petit fours platter - but it worked for us!

While we love our Sydney stays it is always a thrill to get back to Canberra and catch up with Miss E and the rest of the family, including their emails and photos from Italy and China.

Miss E gave us a lengthy trampoline jumping show this afternoon. Joy personified!

Even when trampolining Miss E has to wear her favourite shoes (present from Sydney Clare), still a tiny bit too big but currently irremovable from Miss E. Shoes are a bit of thing at the moment. Miss E demanded Rob change his yesterday as they didn't meet her expectations in some way. Of course he did it!

We are all looking forward to the return of the Primroses from their Itawee sojourn tomorrow.