It was Good Friday and most of the already small city of Canberra seemed in hibernation. The roads were empty. I kid you not:

Unfortunately I’ve forgotten the name of this Roman Catholic Church that we went for Good Friday Service to, but I was very very impressed with several things. Firstly, there was a good turnout of the people, the church was quite large, and packed. Secondly, most people were formally dressed. Rather a silly thing to note, but then I’m from Mumbai, where the term “Sunday Best” is a common one owing to the fact that people really dress up for Mass (perhaps it’s a British thing?)

Anyway, people at this church were not only well dressed, but really into the whole service. Added to all that, there was an amazingly heart moving ceremony, when all the little kids (some really small ones too!) carried roses & placed it at the foot of the Cross.

From there we moved to Shab & Mas’s place, where we had an impromptu dinner party. Great fun! And really, no one could get enough of the twins:

All in all, super fun. Went to sleep after a reallllly long day tired but happy - and enthu to continue with our road trip down under. The temperature had dropped to around 8 degrees C by this point so it was quite chilly & I was glad to bundle up & sleep!