Our Sunday In Melbourne

It’s Sunday and we as Catholics, would like to take every opportunity to visit or attend mass even when we are overseas. This time, no exceptional too. We found a few Catholic churches around our area and we decided to attend mass at St. Patrick’s Church.

Hubby dropped us off at the entrance while he parked the car and when we entered this beautiful church, I was taken by surprise that it was almost empty. I did not expect this low turn-out in church at all as back home, it will be overcrowded even if you are 10 minutes early before mass begins. I was hoping that more parishioners will be flooding in when mass started but I was wrong.

I was really affected by the scene in this church and I pray that more Catholics will return to church soon. I am really blessed that churches in Singapore are flooded with people weekly and I pray that it will continue to stay that strong.

After mass, we set off to Russo Estate Winery for our brunch. It was about an hour drive from the city and when we arrived, it was quiet. For a moment, we thought they were closed but the fact was, we were just early and they were just preparing for restaurant to be ready. 

The staff allowed us to be seated while they continue to prepare and we took our time to browse through their menu. Well, it’s really different when you dine in a winery where they served only a-la-carte or set menu compared to the one we tried in Perth where they had buffet.

Anyhow, we proceeded to order kids meal for the kiddos while hub and I ordered different dishes to share. Their food portion was pretty reasonable and it was definitely tasty! It was worth the drive but then again, it wasn’t that cheap to dine in a winery to be honest. 

After brunch, we headed back to the city. We decided to do some marketing at Queen Victoria as we would want to have some homecooked food tonight. We had such a wonderful time doing our marketing at Queen Vic as there were so many things to buy for dinner and our dinner will be definitely cheaper than our brunch today. Hahahaahahah

Before returning to our apartment, we dropped by at the supermarket to buy some snacks and wine to compliment the dinner. 😊 While hub is settling the kids, I prepared dinner. 😊 As there wasn’t much stuff in the kitchen pantry, I only used whatever it was available but everything turned out to be delicious and all plates were cleared. Yippy!!!