Bunco

"Bulimba Buncettes"

 

 

I have heard about Bunco, but had never played it until moving here. My sister-in-law has talked about it for years and always seems to have heaps of fun. Now I fully understand!

My friend, Erica (born in England, but has lived in Australia for 20 years), decided to start a Bunco group. She played in Adelaide when an American friend of hers introduced the game.  For those of you that do not know, Bunco is a dice game that requires little thought or effort.  I get the idea that the point of Bunco is to have an excuse to get together and share lots of laughs. That is what we did that night, anyway!

The picture above shows four of the people in our Bunco group. From left to right you see: Erica (England/Australia), Stefanie (Italy), Christine (France), and Rosemary (Ireland). Erica is a hoot and has become one of my dearest friends here in Bulimba. Stefanie moved here six months ago, not speaking any English. I think she is very brave! Christine is a delight to be around! Her smile is infectious! Rosemary cracks me up! I don’t think she means to be funny all of the time, but she keeps me in stitches! So, before the game started, the five of us were standing around chatting. As has happened before, I faded away from the conversation and can’t tell you what we were discussing.  I became totally side tracked at the fact I was standing with these fabulous ladies from all over the world.  (I wonder what my face looks like when I am totally thinking of something else besides the current conversation?) Anyway, I just kept staring at each of them, hearing their accents, but not their words.  Then, I really focused on Stefanie.  She fully admits that she doesn’t always catch on to everything people are saying (hmmm…that makes two of us).  All I could think was, “WOW, How did I get here?!” So, I ended up taking a picture of these fantastic ladies that I now call friends.