Today was my first of three days in Brisbane of catching up with a few peeps. Although Brisbane is actually only about 45 minutes drive from my home it just seemed a lot easier to see a few people within the same time frame and stay up in the unit I used to live in when I was at Uni.

My stay in Brisbane started off very nicely with Jen having planned a day of pampering for me. After a quick lunch at the Hanaichi Sushi Deli for some giant sushi rolls that I miss terribly when I’m in London we headed across the road to the Holistic Health Centre for an hour aromatherapy salt glow body scrub and massage. Apparently this centre is very popular for those working in the city as it is conveniently located and fairly flexible. With our package we also had free access to the sauna, steam room, spa and lounge area (where they provided cold water, tea, coffee and sweets.)

The experience was a little different to the treatments in Marrakech in terms of modesty within the treatment rooms. The therapists at the Holistic Health Centre were very concerned never to have me exposed than necessary and this included leaving the room whilst I took my bikini top off, holding the towel up when I had turn over an just generally making sure that towels covered up all pertinent bits at all times. The massage was very nice and seemed to be a mixture of massage styles including relaxation, deep tissue and something else which I didn’t quite catch. All I know is that I’m fairly sure I fell asleep at some stage during the massage! The salt scrub was invigorating though ticklish when my therapist was spreading the salt scrub all over my body.

As if the treatment package at Holistic Health wasn’t enough pampering for me Jen then took me over to the newish Queens Plaza in Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall to Coffee & Chocolate, a cafe serving luxurious hand-made chocolates, cakes and drinks. We both took the Hot Orange Chocololate for a spin and of course couldn’t resist having a few of the chocolates to nibble on. Very rich but very yum.