Update and sentiments
Rachael, I would like to use this medium to once again thank you for your part in making my birthday special this year. I know I've thanked you but using other forms of communication and having it in writing can sometimes give it more resonance.

Thank you for the luxurious room in the heart of the city and for your part in the wonderful dinner at the Belgian Beer Cafe amongst friends and family. Thank you for coming and sharing the Hunter Valley and the pasta making course experience and the dining amongst the trees and with the rolling hills stretching out yonder on a lovely spring afternoon.

Thank you for the rare brand of friendship that has a currency that expands the constraints of time and the barriers of distance. It was such a memorable and flavoursome weekend and I am still beaming from it.

I hope you've had a comfortable and safe trip back.