Take me to the Haggis

So, what has haggis got to do with anything?? Be patient I will get to that!!

 

Here we are, Sunday and more than half way through our holiday. After breakfast we headed over to The Morman Battalion Historic Site, it was open at 9am and meant we could make the most of our morning. We visited the site last year and really enjoyed the visit so we were glad we had the opportunity to go back. We were greeted warmly and invited to come in and watch a short film about the history of the Morman Battalion. Following this we and a few other visitors were taken on a journey back through time to follow in the footsteps of the brave battalion. Using props and technology you retrace their footsteps, and learn their story. After this, you can have your photo taken and pan for gold outside in the courtyard. The guys that run the place are very friendly and happy to talk. We were there quite a while chatting, especially once one of the Elders came out.to talk. Lovely man, who had been to England many years ago. I came away with a photo, pieces of fools gold and a book of morman!

 

From there we walked down Harney street to the Sunday market, that was great. A few stalls selling jewellery and crafts - loved it. SO glad I knew it was there, I got a pretty glass pendent, a lovely souvenir.

 

At noon we returned to the hotel to get a taxi, it was late arriving and when it did turn up the driver seemed to have little idea where he was going. I was not impressed. In the end I was pretty much telling him where to go. Finally we arrived at the Shakespeare to meet my pen pal Suzi, I was so excited that we were going to finally meet. There she was outside with a big yellow bag! So the Shakespeare is a British style pub, I can only say they got the service spot on. Suzi ordered the Sunday roast, what she got served was unidentifiable. It sure was not a roast! Suzi had to wait till they went and got her a real roast dinner. It was kinda funny! I ordered the Cod's Bollocks, it just had to be done! LOL!!! After lunch we spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at Suzi's house and got to meet her lovely husband Rick. It was such a cool way to spend Sunday. Suzi is such a sweetheart, and I am thrilled we got to meet. She very kindly made us dinner, now that was funny. For dinner we had a pasta sauce with canned haggis in it. Suzi did not miss the look of apprehension on my face and reassured me with a very firm - trust me!! Gulp....OK Suzi!!  Actually dinner was good, I guess sometimes you just have to trust and go with it. And now I can say, I have eaten haggis.  It was a lovely day! I was also really touched by the lovely and very thoughtfully chosen gifts Suzi gave us. Someone who hasn't known me that long, apparently knows me really well.  Fate sometimes brings special people into our lives. This is one of those occasions.