Balmain

Today we wentured to a very nearby suburb called Balmain. It was 2 stops on the ferry which is really just across from where we live. A girl from work lives there and said it was nice. It was, but it is quite a wide area so you can't see the water from everywhere.
We walked up Darling Street, which is the main street going through Balmain, but also ventured off the track when we saw something interesting. One of those things was a very large old house, overlooking the water, and another was a "swimming pool" named after some Australian swimmer who got drunk during the Tokyo olympics. It was not really a swimming pool, but more like a part of the harbour closed off, with decking around.
We also walked past a house which was "open for inspection". A bit like Sunday viewings in Sweden and a concept that has not taken off in the UK yet, where property that is for sale is listed with when you can go an look at it. We just happened to walk past the sign and went in. It was quite nice, but they had too many bedrooms upstairs which made the rooms quite small, and there was not much of a garden. It was also $1.5M so out of budget.
We had lunch at the balcony of a nice pub and afterwards walked past where I think the girl from work lives and it looked very nice. The bus back into the city took only a few minutes so it is not a bad spot.
I also managed to buy a DVD copy of "Love Actually". I really like that movie. I watched all the "taken out" bits and then the whole movie with commentry by some of the actors seeing it for the first time since they filmed their parts. It was great.
Now looking forward to Martin's cooking. He has not done a great deal this week as he has been working for 4 days and is very tired, but it smells nice ;-)