dear london, oh how you were a whirlwind.

each day felt like a whole year in itself, what with water borne food poisoning and hospital trips on the first day, great tourist activity and crazy blind dating the second, beautiful sunshine, the ladies pond and A MUSICAL the third, and more green on the heath and a night out in brixton on the fourth. any longer there and i think i would have collapsed; as it is i’ve lost my mind and voice, so i’m on the way there.

this is my wednesday night dinner at tina’s place in brixton. we climbed through the window and sat on the roof, watching the trains head to kent and brighton and everywhere else in the south east. drinking australian wine and enjoying the sunset.

warm barley salad
(this is all from the memory of watching tina make it as i poured out a year and a bit of catch up to her…)
cook the pearl barley – boiled in water till tender. drain.
while it’s cooking, halve a pile of cherry tomatoes, cube a block of fetta, chop a handful of basil, a green capsicum and pit and half a good handful of kalamata olives.
still all the chopped things into the drained barley, and season with olive oil and salt and pepper (maybe vinegar too, i can’t remember!)
served here warm with a green salad.