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What's the next step?

First things first at work. I mix 1 regular with 1 espresso.

I've been very busy at work ;-) (I still fixed two software issues!)

The original version of the car I almost bought in Adelaide...

There were geese flying past. Summer is on its way!

I made a stop at a game shop to buy a few more cards for tomorrow night. Catching the tram back was crap. But at least two came right after eachother so I waited for the second one that was nearly empty :-)

Another sudoku I cannot finish. What is the next step?

Volksfest 2008

10 AM, tennis. That will have to be a little bit later next time. 10:30 at least.

I lost the first set ;-)

Working hard on the second set.

We played two sets: 3-6 and 6-1. It was very nice to play again. Our levels of play are pretty equal which makes for an interesting game. We had a couple of excellent and very exciting runs. Next time I should wear a hat though coz I felt a small sun-stroke a few hours later.

After a shower and some lunch we drove down to Port Adelaide where Volksfest 2008 was being held. It's one of Adelaide's oldest neighbourhoods.

Railway Hotel.

Building with my name on it.

Royal Arms Hotel.

Volksfest is a gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts. If you own one, you can bring it. Naturally there are tons of Beetles...

... but there are also those that make you feel like you're in 1980 Germany.

VW 1500

Herbie is there of course (click for BIG version).

This is the silver version of the New Beetle. I do really like the silver but the stupids won't sell it with a beige interior... Apparently the fashion police doesn't allow silver and beige to be combined. Pfff, what do they know?

I think this is the most common Beetle behind there is.

Less common.

Original. These ones are hard to get I believe.

And here's a red New Beetle like the one we saw yesterday, although yesterdays one was a convertible. I do like the red. I want to turn it in to a fire engine. I think it would look the bomb with blue lights and a big fat white number on it.

A beautiful old convertible.

And then...

... we saw this beauty. This was without a doubt THE most beautifully restored Volkswagen on the show. Click for a BIG version!

A bit of Volkswagen engine. Very simple and reliable design. Click for a BIG version.

This is a Volkswagen "Karman Ghia". I had to look this up on Wikipedia.

They had a decent amount of cars. It was only in one street but it was very nice to see all these oldies.

This one is also restored really nice. Click for BIG version.

Another Karman Ghia. Click for BIG version.

Volkswagens everywhere.

And a tree.

Another very nice restored van.

And now, we wait.

We didn't want to break the habit of visiting the Volkswagen dealer early Saturday morning so we drove down around 10AM. We ordered the car but we would let them know the colour later today or on Monday. We wanted to see a red one too so we could decide between black or red better.

The dealer has a red demo model on show in a few shopping malls that they will raffle off (tickets are $50 each and only 9000 tickets are available). This weekend it's in the mall next to the Central Market so we drove by to check it out. It's actually a very nice red and I like it better than black. Nicole likes black better still though. I dislike black less than Nicole dislikes red. I know, it's very complicated. We thought about it while doing some shopping at the Central market.

We went to the deli to get some Dutch stuff.

Our friend Danny seems to have issues finding a certain bean that's called 'kapucijners' in Dutch. We got plenty overhere... Should we send some down? (Or is that up?)

There is a stand that specialises in roo-meat. We got Karin some roo.

By then we had decided on the car; black. We called the decision through, paid a $1000 deposit and now we wait 4-5 months for the factory in Mexico to produce one and ship it over...

This is my loot from the deli: Chocolate flakes for on bread, crisp-bakes to make meatballs with and 'kruidnoten' which I can't be arsed to translate.

We received word from Richard that he had 'heaps of meat' to get rid of and he needed help. He really is the BBQ master. My steaks are always perfectly well done.

Max the beagle kept a close watch on all ongoing activities.

Lachlan's second birthday

We were invited to Lachlan's second birthday today. Not that he actually knows what that is but that's alright ;-) We bought him a nice book with named pictures in different shapes that you can remove and put back. In the picture are Stephen, Lachlan and Caroline.

It must've been a kids paradise. Lachlan surely had a great time climbing on all the equipment. I think he'll sleep very nice tonight.

We sat at a long table outside. There was another table inside.

Lachlan today learned how to blow out candles, which was funny.

Afterwards, on the way home we drove past the Volkswagen dealer. I wanted to see if they had any red cars on display. This is the black model that will take 3 to 5 months if we order it. They only had a red VW Golf and the red was OK. If they have a red Beetle with beige interior in the country then we may go for that. We'll see. First they have to accept our latest offer.

When we came home Mason took me for a walk.

We saw Caesar again who was told to stay away from the fence by his owner because the fence was being painted.