Melbourne still has trams running in the city and some of the suburbs - and they have a set of trams decked out as turn of the century dining cars, and this is where we had lunch. It was a bit like being on the Royal train - very ornate and plush with starched white table cloths and silver service. As you eat the tram trundles around various parts of the city allowing you to see some of the sights. Very cleverly you can see out, but the out can't see in!
The blurb says the trams are balanced so that not even a glass will tremble. Hmm. We were to put that to the test before lunch was out!
On the first incline a little vase of carnations went over - fortunately it didn't have any water in so all was well. Unfortunately the next thing to go over was the OC's full glass of champagne which tidal waved in between Wilf and I, causing much hilarity as we mopped up.
The food was delicious - Wilf tried kangaroo. He's not having it again, it made him bounce.
After a minor mishap with OC's knife and fork meeting his trousers we made it without further incident to the cheese board. We are still at a loss to work out what happened next - suffice to say OC's glass of red wine met with the tablecloth and his light coloured trousers. He looked as if he'd been looking for reverse swing! I manfully tried to distract everyone by pointing out the architecture on the houses, but in the end we all succumbed to the giggles.
By this time we were nearly back to the tram terminal and we made our way to the hotel for a quick rest and a calm down.
We went to watch the sunset from the top of the Rialto tower - one of the highest buildings in Melbourne with a viewing tower at about the 55th floor. I'm afraid I wasn't very brave at all and didn't go near the windows very much - fortunately Wilf is better at heights and so we have got some photos to prove we were there. The views were fantastic and the city looked like fairyland all lit up.
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Sounds like an interesting meal!!!
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