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I'm not sure whether I detest all-day meetings or drenching drizzle more. We had plenty of opportunity to compare them today. Only a frog with an insatiable appetite for buzzwords would have enjoyed it.

We escaped from the meetings at lunchtime, and dashed across town to Docklands, on the west side of the city.

We took a tram, and stopped at the the end of Bourke Street (actually, it's at the far end of the street our current apartment is on - about 2Ks away). The sky was grey, it was drizzling, and the whole area looked lovely. The docks there still handle small ships, but are mostly marinas. Huge amounts of residential blocks have been thrown up recently, and more concrete was pouring while were there today. There's a vast amount of street art and sculpture. The buildings are individual, quirky and fun. We went to the estate agent, and picked up the keys to an apartment we were interested in. It's on the third floor of a 20-storey block. It was all a bit beige, and a bit small. We could live there, but I think it would be a bit confining. However, we liked the area. It has wide open piazzas (why does that sound so much better in Italian?), bars, restaurants and shops. The docks are full of boats in marinas, and there is, allegedly, a dinghy club. It's a ten-minute tram ride to work, a ten minute walk to the restaurants by the river, and there are cycle paths everywere. It really feels like an area we would be happy in.

I got a bit mugged at work, and had to go to a meeting with The Customer starting at 4:30. This did not please People Who Have A Sense Of Work/Life Balance. So she went for a beer with a colleague, while I did the work thing. Astonishingly, I escaped before 6, and was able to join them at the EuroBierBar for a swift half.

Regular readers will know where this is going. The Hofbrau Dunkel is excellent. So was the chicken breast marinated in beer. I didn't make it to the gym. Again.

It looks like the weekend weather is going to be rubbish, so we're planning to look at as many flats as we can this weekend.

I had planned to eat a pie tomorrow, but after two days of eating out, I suspect there would be Pointed Comments. Maybe next week.

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