In Adelaide we were warmly welcomed by my second cousin Jean and her husband John, my second cousin Veronica, and her mother Mary, my great aunt.  Mary and Jean’s mother Jean were both sisters of my paternal grandmother, Ann.  It was the first time we’d met, but family is family, and they made us feel right at home.  We visited over coffee on the way from the airport, and then headed back to Jean and John’s.  On the way, we stopped at the Old Gum Tree.  It was here, on December 28, 1836, Governor John Hindmarsh proclaimed South Australia a colony. 

Here in South Australia, people are proud to say they were not among the areas of the country built and settled by convicts.  South Australia was also one of the first places in the world to grant women suffrage. 

Dinner at Stella was fantastic.  The setting down by the water was beautiful as the sun set, and the food was great as well.  Our appetizer plate included peppered squid, pita and dips, olives, chorizo, bread with tomato and cheese…pretty much all our favorites.  Then, for a main, we had a kangaroo steak that surely led me many steps further from becoming a vegetarian.  Mmmm.