The 6th

This past weekend Katy, Quincy and I went into the city and spent the evening seeing some different things and watching a good movie. We headed into the city in the afternoon and spent part of the afternoon at the museum. There we checked out the dinosaur exhibits-it was kind of funny to see that there are some different species of dinosaur then we are used to hearing. We visited a mind and body exhibit, saw some aboriginal art work and tools/canoes/weapons/crafts and got to see the first computer ever made in Australia. Needless to say it took up the whole room it was in. They also had a giant squid on display that was huge that you could look at - pretty interesting.

When we went in we were hoping to catch the 6:00 movie, but it was sold out. Instead we got tickets to the 9:00 show. That meant that from 5:00 when the museum closed we had another 4 hours until the show started. We decided to look for a Church. The one we found was St. Patrick's Cathedral and it was pretty big. We went to the 6:00 mass. It was interesting seeing such a big place with only a few people in it. Here for mass it is basically the same however some of the prayers have some different words in them in certain spots. This was also the first mass I think I have ever been to that has sung almost everything, even the Our Father. Everything else was the same, however it did seem as though they had incense going almost the whole time. But it was a nice service and we enjoyed it.

From there off to find some food as we were starving. We went over to Brunswick Street and looked for something. Here we found The Old Colonial and with $10 roast of the day (Beef, with veggies and mash potatoes) Quincy and I thought it would be a great meal. Well, when we got our food they had messed up right away and given us chips (fries) instead of mash potatoes. So I asked them to bring me some out. For the meat-I want you to picture taking your shoe off, putting it up to your mouth, and now try to take a big bite out of it. The meat was not tender. It was almost impossible to cut, we tried holding a slice of it in our hand and, caveman style, trying to rip a piece off with our teeth. Eventually a piece would come but it was work to get to that point. We wondered how you could get meat the tough. I do have to say that 2 out of the 4 pieces weren't too bad but the other 2 were ridiculous. Needless to say they wouldn't have won Masterchef with food like that and I don't think we will be heading back there anytime soon. In spite of our choice, Katy was the smart one-she got a burger, and it was great. Very tender and juicy. I have to say I was a little jealous when she let me sink my teeth into that nice patty.

Then it was time to head back to the "theatre." The screen we went to see the movie on was huge. The IMAX in Melbourne has the third largest screen in the world and it was great. The movie we went to see was Harry Potter 6. Last week we spent quite a bit of time watching the first 5 so we could hit up the IMAX for the 6th. The show was great as the first probably 30 minutes of it were in 3D. It was so cool to see the 3D perspective. It made you really feel is if you were there. I hope all movies will be like that in a short period of time. Not sure if you get into those sort of movies but I have to say that it was one of the best Potter movies yet. Ive read the books and thought they left out some stuff but as far as the movie and the special effects it was great. Both Katy and Quincy liked it as well. We did think the ending left you hanging a little but it is definitely setting you up for the 7th book's 2 movies which I cant wait for. July 2010 the first of the 2 will be out, so we still have a couple months to wait.