Sunburned, sleepy and satisfied

Mmmmmm. Posting from an internet cafe in Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef as I wait for a photo DVD to burn (4,000 pics and counting! The great tradition of photo insanity continues! \o/), and I'm full of pizza and sleepy from the snorkelling and dive today, and impressed that for the first time in almost two decades sun managed to sneak past my well-sunblocked fortifications. (For the record, it's not a bad burn: just one of those ones that will turn a lovely shade of brown in a couple of days.)

I'm kinda at a loss as to how to sum up Melbourne and the fair folk therein, particularly since my time here is short. Let me say that both missyjack and nixwilliams sure know how to show a girl a good time - particularly if that girl's tastes run towards superlative food, music, TV and of course company!

Oh god, people, the FOOD! MJ cooked this fish dish...*gestures helplessly trying to describe its awesomeness*...can I just say it was one of the best fish dishes I have ever had in my life? (And there were POTATOES TOO! I still had the grin on my face the next morning.)

Nix narrowed in on my love of fine chocolate, and was rewarded (whether he liked it or not, heh) with an up-close look at my infamous reactions to chocolate that have led friends to comment that I blur the fine line between sex and food. And this is to say nothing of Nix's own exceptional meal, and the many other fine repasts to which they took me. *whimpers in food-memory ecstasy*

...ack! There's more I wanted to say about Melbourne and its mavens and my time there, but there's a lineup so I have to run... :P