After a couple of downright miserable nights in a very wet national park some way outside Sydney and a further night in a self-proclaimed “International Guest House” my friends Andrew and Mel arrived back from their holidays to their flat in Balmain, just a fifteen minute bus ride from the Central Business District. Hot on their heels where a couple of desperate, ageing backpackers (that’s us) looking for a catch-up and a bit of good old hospitality!

With the addition of another University pal, Katie, the Welsh outnumbered the non-Welsh three-to-two. We celebrated by playing “Taff Wars” on YouTube (warning: hilarious, but containing very rude language), drinking copious amounts of booze and staying up late playing the electronic finger drums. So good was the party, that Squiffy consumed not one, but two alcoholic beverages in one evening — which is certainly a record since I’ve known her.

Thanks so much to Andrew, Mel and Katie for the hospitality and fun — missing you guys and gals already!