Melbourne 3

Hi Everyone,

Well I had a fantastic weekend with Claire. Melbourne continued to impress me. Many shops were visited, many handbags were considered and many new foods were tried. I showed extreme restraint though, so proud of myself, I only bought for myself one extra thing above the thing I’d planned to buy myself. And I managed to buy myself the thing I’d planned to buy myself. That was a winter coat for keeping me warm in the UK. The extra thing was a pair of those Chinese ball things you use for hand exercises and were only eight dollars. So that wasn’t too much of an extravagence. I was very close to buying a handbag but didn’t let myself make any impulse purchases.

The shopping highlight was definitely Queen Victoria market. It was fantastic the stalls were incredible in the number of them and the crap that they sold hehe. But the food section was absolutely amazing. The smells, and the amazing cheeses and fruits and sausages I won’t forget it quickly. I needed to go back with an empty stomach several times. As it was I tried a spanish donut, which I will admit I had had in America before but not as good as this one, and a borek which was delicious. The next day in St Kilda I also tried Debosh cake it was good, and a Florentine biscuit which was really good. I’m going to try making them myself one day.

Claire was such a great companion thanks, very patient with me, and so much fun to be around and talk to. I think she had a nice time, I hope so anyway. And thanks also to our feet for putting up with the hours and hours of walking over the weekend.

Non shopping related we also went back to the Casino together and revisited the fantastic deserts at the Greek restaurant there, and we went to the Pixar exhibition. That was really cool the story boards and brain storming and development sketches were amazing. Oh and we went to a nice restaurant on Friday night too. And St Kilda was beautiful on Sunday morning, the sun came out just as we were looking around the market and it was just gorgeous.

This week I’m staying home and not spending more money! There’s just too much nice food out there to buy. Although one thing I will say about Melbourne is from my observation they don’t do sushi as well as Christchurch. There’s probably good sushi out there just not as common or easy to find. But I’m not complaining at all in general I’d say the food here is great!

Love
Mindy