The weather continues to be oppressively humid. I ran a 5k this morning at 8am, but it was so warm and close to 100% humidity that I did over 2 and a half minutes slower than my best time. I worked on some comics during the day, staying indoors as much as possible.
But for dinner we had made a booking at an Italian trattoria over in the suburb of Chiswick, which is across the harbour and down the Parramatta River a bit. To get there we caught a ferry, which involved changing ferries at Cockatoo Island. It’s only two stops there and then three more to Chiswick, so it took about 40 minutes overall, including waiting time on the island.
Here’s the ferry we caught to Cockatoo Island:
And the one we caught from there, as it was arriving (it’s a flat “Rivercat” catamaran ferry, because it has to go under a few low bridges):
Here’s Scully getting ready to go on the ferry. She has to travel in a crate due to animal transport regulations, but she doesn’t mind it.
The dinner was very good. I had penne al granchio (with crab):
While my wife had bombolotti with tomato sauce and straciatella:
Then for dessert, the millefoglie:
And the sun went down as we took a leisurely walk back to the wharf to catch the ferry home:
It was a really nice evening out! We’ll have to go back to this restaurant to try their pizzas some time.
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