Back into the rhythm. We went to the gym this morning, followed it up with a coffee at Monica’s. I would have been happy going directly for coffee, but there you go, that’s a mothers influence for you. It’s back to grey weather, but thankfully for the locals it’s also raining which should help fill the water tanks in an otherwise dry state.

Next today we’re going into Montville to check out the Art Gallery. I found the most amazing Christopher McLeod painting there last week that I’d love to buy for our kitchen in Paris. I’m trying to negotiate a better price frameless so I can get it back on the plane without too much trouble…. and with any luck will stop for lunch somewhere nice before having to go back down to the coast to pick up the car. We put it in for a service yesterday, thinking that there might be something going on with the brakes – lucky for us we did before our big 15 hour drive to Sydney next week – cause it turns out we almost have no breaks, and a major rehaul had to be done.

So there you have it. Life in the tropics for another day…