Rafa, Emily
Anne, Erin, Rafa
Richard, Anne
Emily, Oliver
The people I’m dog sitting for kindly left their car for my use while they’re gone. Only one hiccup. It’s a manual. Having driven stick shift only once in my life (in drivers ed when I was 14), I needed a refresher. Uber patient Casey came to the rescue and taught me the basics. He didn’t even complain (too much) of whiplash or having to repeat “shift to 2nd”. He thought it best we give the car a break so we went for ice cream on Bay St (the main road of Port Melbourne). We went for a few more practice spins and the driving instructor retired for the day.
I went over to Emily’s house for a BBQ. She also lives in Port Melbourne, about a 25 minute walk from where I’m staying. It was a really relaxed, comfortable afternoon and evening with not a single Australian – two Americans, a Costa Rican, an English guy, a French girl, and a Kiwi (New Zealander) – oh yeah, and a 2 week old baby who made the rounds.
