Finally, two firsts.

Today I finally got to do two things that I have been wanting to do for a while.
The first was to buy and use a Chinese hot pot.
Matt and I went to the Cleveland Asia Market this morning to buy it and some ingredients. I bought several different hot pot soup bases, so I'm looking forward to trying them all.
Today I made a spicy Szechuan broth. To it we added some noodles, bok choy, bean sprouts, beech mushrooms and specially sliced beef.
It was delicious, but very VERY spicy. I think I will only use half a packet of the base next time.

The other first was achieved, finally, when we were out for a stroll. I have been trying to get a photo of the scenic railway train for the past couple of months, but always seem to miss it. Today we were at the station just as the train pulled up...

 ... and a ticket master was kind enough to wave to us as the train left the station :)