Birthdays!

When decades turn, you have to go big or go home

Here are some pics of the celebrations...

First, a quiet family style celebration...

The cake

The cake with candles

The cake was really GOOOOOODDD!!!!!!!

Happy to be on a sugar rush

And then, we go to Phase 2: Let's go out!!!


We found an amazing spot called Osteria Del Toro right in the heart of Wellington's night scene.

All cheers to the brithday girl!



Ken explaining to Russ just how serious things can be...


and Helen doing the same with Ilse!!



But here's evidence that they can have fun too!

Niel and Esmé, plates still clean, eagerly awaiting the advent of FOOD.




Food came, drinking continued, converstaions flowed...




Busted, Paulus, busted!!!!






I really don't know what to say here, other than I hope you can sense the atmosphere of the restauarant and that we all had a good time.




The Italian/Spanish/Whatever mediterranean dialect Waiter - there was a language barrier but he quite understood "more Vino" so we were all good! :-)

And speaking of wine...



Dit maak jou vatterig....





Dit maak jou vryerig....






En dit lyk of dit baie lekker was!! :-)

En toe die Nightlife.....

Wellington's Courtenay Place at night

A little bit of extra cheers in a pub around the corner...






And a little more cheers....





Hoe later hoe kwater! O, wait, it was a birthday, the later, the older! :-)