Today was our 18th wedding anniversary and we usually celebrate the day with a dinner somewhere. This year, I decided to instead see an exhibition in town followed by some lunch.

The Titanic Artefact Exhibition was on at the Melbourne Museum and it was a fantastic one that walked us through gangway right to the night of the sinking stepping us through the various rooms and stories of the passengers onboard.

My biggest take away was how expensive the tickets were compared to today’s prices. A first class ticket was equivalent to over $100K in today’s prices. $5000+ for third class. My mind boggled at the massive gap between the rich and poor between the classes.

The story of the Titanic has captured our imagination but you can’t help but feel wandering the exhibition that it was simply fated to end this way. A series of mishaps and oversights and this disaster happens.

I also loved reading the personal stories of the passengers and you couldn’t help but think of what you’d do if you were in a similar position. I know that I’d probably choose to stay behind with my husband and go down with the ship if it came to this.

Here’s the video I created on what we saw.

Afterwards we spent an hour in Readings in Carlton where I bought two books (of course, I can never leave a bookstore empty handed!). We had a lovely lunch and coffee in Lygon Street (Italian precinct of Melbourne) at Brunetti’s.

We exchange gifts to each other every year according to what year. First example, 18 years is porcelain. Andrew bought me the BEST gift. It’s Manos Del Uruguay yarn (merino and silk blend) with the colour way colour called “Porcelain”.

I LOVED IT! He gets the best and most thoughtful gifts. This yarn is also very high quality so now I have to come up with a pattern to knit something special with it to remember our 18th anniversary.