Sunday 26th April

A lazy day. Kind of. We have breakfast and set out to plan a bit more of our trip. Mal looks up help-x places and joins for $40. I look up local attractions and bike tours.
We contact a help x host. Is well after lunch and we head out for a walk toward to harbour- or so we think. We pass the bus station and see a harbour, kind of. But looks more like a yacht club. We find a reserve and go for a walk about 5km. There isn't much to see as the reeds have grown high. We do see various types of birds, including a wood pecker. On the way back to the hotel we stop at a pharmacy and buy pain relief and multi vitamins. Malcolm's throat is very sore and my mouth still painful with ulcers on my tongue.
There are messages when we get back and my friend wants to meet for dinner. We agree on 8pm at our hotel. I can't believe I'll see her again after 5 years! She arrives with her partner and we go to a different suburb. It took her 2 hours to get here with traffic. It's busy even now and she thinks because of the fine warm weather there has been. We walk around a bit and then stop at a vegan restaurant. We order and chat. Lots of our choices are declined because they for have things. Apparently they are new, only 3 weeks old and still getting their shopping list right. They didn't know it would be so popular.
I'm happy to see lentils! They are a little drier than I cook, but better than nothing! We talk about church and diet and music. Is nice to find we are pretty much on the same page. It's after 11 when we get back.