Friday, August 29, 2008
adelaide... monday. july 21
before i go into the day.. when we first got to adelaide.. it was sunday morning.. early.. we got toa street that we thought looked cool... old hotels,, until we saw the debris from sat. nights activities.. while having coffee at macs... the only place open.,. walked along .. cops say to us.. dont even think of getting a place on this street.. it hit us.. oh.. yeah .. right.. ended up at that hotel .... few streets over... walk. walk to get coffee,, book store, breakfast... split a spinach and potato wrap.. health food store.. went to museum and gallery.. awesome.. aboriginal art in both.. tea .. japanese fried noodles in a real japanese looking rest. and he was japanese.. took pic.. had a conveyer belt.. in red light district.. but not scary as it was a work day and late afternoon.. streets crowded.. workers.. lots of asians here.. univ. of adelaide nice.. nice architecture in town.. smaller than melbourne.. melbourne with its overcrowded streets.. hard to even walk down them... picked up our toothpaste, powder etc at a woolworths.. has a food store in the downstairs and all else upstairs.. alot of little walkways in malls that have yet more stores.. cafeteria like places.. 50;s,,wide streets.. really enjoyed museum and gallery.. called stewart the pistachio man... tues... 9 in morning... museum had south pacific section. masks, sailboat, pontoon... with rope sail.. house, new guinea.. weapons, shields, spear, art.. vanessa bell duncan grants wife.. australian art and aboriginal on thin wood.. bark paintings.morris, fabric.. stainglass..... back at hotel after baked pots at woolworths.. and some raw cashews.. get to watch burn notice.. and a mystery.. hooray
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