I was showered, shaved and dressed and ready for breakfast at 6.00am both train and WA time but I had misread my itinerary as breakfast was at 6.30am. I just sat around in the lounge car pretending to read and hiding my amusement that other people could also make the same mistake. Anyway when breakfast was served I had the full breakfast comprising bacon, poached eggs, sausages and fried tomato accompanied by orange juice, tea and toast and marmalade. Then it was back to my cabin to sit and watch WA flash by.
We reached Perth at about 9.00am and I found the bus taking me to my hotel. This is the quaintly named The Miss Maud Swedish Hotel. Miss Maud actually exists. She came from Sweden to Perth in 1971 where she established The Miss Maud Swedish Pastry House followed by by The Swedish Smorgasbord and then The Swedish Hotel. She now has 16 Miss Maud Pastry houses.
Check in was not until 1.00pm so I went for a walk around the Perth CBD which was literally around the corner. I walked with two other people from the train and there are six of us from the train at the hotel with the same tour itinerary. We walked down the shopping malls and took a free bus ride around the city which appears to be a nice place. We had a coffee and cake in one of the malls and walked back to the hotel to check in just before 1.00pm. The hotel is a boutique style hotel next to and over one of the pastry houses. It has really nice rooms with modern facilities and is just around the corner from the Smorgasbord.
I spent the first part of the afternoon updating my blog using the hotel free Wifi . About 3.30pm I was about to set of for another walk when I realised that I had lost my credit card holder which had my credit cards and other important cards in it. I had left an imprint of one my credit card at reception but they told me that I had not left the holder there. I was in a bit of a panic but I calmed down and retraced my steps to the cafe where we had coffee and some one had handed it in. It hais a smooth aluminium case and it had popped out of my back pocket as I sat down. I have checked my accounts and all is OK.
After this scare I needed to go to an pub and have a settling down beer. Back at the hotel I had a rest before going to dinner at the Smorgasbord. It was a little pricy but it was an all you can eat place. I started with oysters and prawns followed by a salad and a selection of cold meats ended with a plate of cheese and greens. I declined the soup, roasted meats, vegetables and a selection from the pastry bar. This was washed down by a couple of glasses of WA Margaret River Chardonnay.
I was really tired and went to bed early
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