Dinner

We've just had a lovely dinner with our neighbours (Sof, Adrianna, Irene, Georgia, Evie, and Ianni) at the Kenmore Tavern. There may not be too many more opportunities to catch up with them, as they will probably have moved to their new house at Parkwood when we get back from Europe. But we now have some handy tourist tips for visiting Greece - Plaka, Hydra, and Santorini in particular.

Dinner was accompanied by a Peter Lehmann 2005 Barossa Shiraz - a good wine to have available on standby. Quite drinkable, with reasonable complexity and smooth finish. The beginning lacks some subtlety.

We've now identified all the things that we're going to take overseas. The only issue now is to decide exactly what to take in our suitcases, and what to send by freight. There's still insurance to organise, e-tax to navigate and placate, and of course a singularly significant birthday tomorrow.

Since today's been nice and sunny, with a maximum of about 30, it's worth contemplating the 10-day forecast for London: Showers, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, showers, with maxima ranging between 15 and 21. Sounds a bit like Adelaide, I suppose. It helps us think about what to pack, too.