Saturday Nanna H, Nanna C and myself Nanna D spent a lovely night away from our significant others, and my little boy to have a girly weekend at the Stamford Grand Hotel, Glenelg. This is something that had been booked for months, and we were just watching the days tick over on the calendar in anticipation.
Saturday rolled around, and my lovely man played chauffeur, driving us to our weekend getaway destination and then returning to pick us up after checkout time Sunday. Upon arrival I was told that our City View Room had infact been upgraded to an Ocean View Room at no extra charge.
We had planned to go to an early evening movie and out for dinner followed by cocktails and ice creams and then a relaxing evening in our room in our pj's pampering ourselves with facials etc. We were greeted at the door by a concierge and porter, who took our bags and greeted us. It was fantastic, I know everyone gets the same treatment, but it isn't everyday we get that treatment.
Woohoo, Oceans views at City Prices. I was a little disappointed to begin with as we had so been looking forward to spending time on the balcony watching the world go by and enjoying the city lights at night, after all, what is there to see our your window once it is dark. But I soon got over that. It was great watching the sites below from the comfort of our 23 degree room.
Our planned 2:50pm flick session didn't happen as we got down to the bay a little later than planned, but it worked out ok. Michael and Ryan came up to our room with us for a while, before leaving to do such a mundane chore as grocery shopping. Although even that is made that little bit easier now as Ryan loves sitting in the trolley. Sorry digressing there. The biggest decision we had was were we going to go to the movies or watch an in house movie. Hogs Breathe Diner and an in house movie it was too be.
We made up our own punch, and grazed on fresh mixed nuts and yummy Doritos while watching the the Crows play in between watching the world go by. We had also taken up to our room Capsicum Dip (to go with the Doritos), Tim Tams and Mint Slice Balls, none of which got eaten as we didn't want to spoil our appetites before dinner and not knowing how full we would be after dinner. Hence we still had some goodies to take home.
After watching the world go by we decided to go down and join them and took a lovely stroll along the jetty at sunset. It was a beautiful sunset too, I was left wishing I had packed my camera. A newlywed Bride and her Groom were making the most of the photographic opportunities with Megan from Elska Studios as well. To kill time we went for a walk 1/2 way up Jetty Road stopping in at a Chemist to get something for my head cold. Alas the Codral still isn't doing anything for me, but as the advert says 'I am still soldering on'.
We had decided that we would indulge our tastebuds at Hog's Breath Cafe, somewhere I had never eaten before, but that Nanna H and Nanna C had both assured me was great eating. As there was about an 1/2 hour wait for tables, we ordered cocktails first. So we still go our cocktails at least. I am always a little sceptical about ordering steak from anyway. I usually only eat steak that I have cooked. Goes back to bad experiences when I was little. But I took the plunge and ordered a steak from the menu this time. Medium/Well done and it was bloody fantastic. Not running around the plate but not cremated either. The staff were very friendly and we had a trainee call Jack looking after us. He was fairly new to the job, but he did a great job. And we must have left and impression as he left a little goodbye and thanks note on the back of our receipt. Follow up a great steak with yummy ice cream from Andersen's and what more could a girl want.
We spent the rest of the evening in our rooms, being the Nanna's that we are. We got into our jammies, (although one of the Nanna's whom shall remain nameless forgot her jammies, so had to borrow a spare pair of mine) and treated ourselves to facials, again this was something I have NEVER done before, but it was so girly I loved it. We jumped under the covers and settle in to watch 'In Her Shoes' one of the in house movies. Two of us managed to stay awake til the end with the 3rd falling asleep. I guess someone will be hiring it out on dvd.
Breakfast Sunday morning was booked for 8:00am. The first alarm went of at 6:00am. . Why so early? Do you know how long it takes 3 girls to get ready in the mornings...hahaha. I don't think the first of us moved until about 6:15am. Nanna C hit the showers first, so Nanna H and I got to lay in a little longer. I offered to have second shower, so Nanna H was the lucky one still snuggled under the covers when I got out. Breakfast was downstairs in The Promenade restaurant, with a view of the lawns in front of the hotel, the jetty and the beach. We enjoyed a breakfast of sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried tomatoes, mushroom and hash browns, with toast and also a couple of little pastries. We were indulging in this fine fare, while those keen enough were on the other side of the glass, either jogging past or walking their pooches. Did we feel guilty....nope!
We were getting picked up at 11:00am so thought we would take one last walk down Jetty Road, although at 9:30 in the morning there wasn't a lot open. That was ok though as we were waiting for a Chocolate Shop/Coffee house to open that we had found the night before, that made hot chocolate using real Belgian Chocolate. I can't for the life of me remember the name, but they had the yummiest looking Chocolate fountain in the window. The three of us took Hot Chocolates up onto the balcony and watch the life on a Sunday morning go by before heading back to The Grand to be chauffeured home again by my loving husband and little man. It would have to be the best hot chocolate I have every had.
Thank you Nanna's for sharing such a great and most of all RELAXING weekend. The company was great and the time we had fantastic. So good to be able to spend quality time with the girlies. Worth the wait from when we had originally pencilled it in our diaries and booked the room.
A big THANK YOU also to my Lovely Man for putting up the room for us too ( I know you'll read this eventually...hahaha)
