Saturday, April 3, 2010

Queen Victoria Market and Royal Botanical Gardens

Aside from apartment hunting (which I'm tired of talking about and people have to be tired of hearing me talk about), I found my way to two very interesting places in Melbourne.
1) Queen Victoria Market - Basically like a farmer's market, but huge! And so full of life and savory smells. It really made my day, and gave me hope that not everything in Melbourne is ridiculously priced. I was beginning to feel like I moved to NYC with the cost of a bottle of water in this place.
2) Royal Botanical Gardens - I'm sure I only covered one tenth of the possible paths, but I can definitely see this as my new Town Lake Saturday morning jog. I sat an had peppermint tea with some fresh made scones (yummy!) in the Tea Garden, and then walked passed not one but two weddings. It's a lovely time of year, and the perfect setting for a wedding, although you basically invite the general public to watch your ceremony (which I found to be a little impersonal and fishbowl like). Oh well, they seemed happy.

Today, well today (which is Easter Sunday - more about that in a minute) I will go check out some more apartment locations, and finally catch up on all the administrative stuff I've been putting off.

Side Note: Easter in Melbourne is a big deal. I'm talkin' hot cross buns at work on Thursday (yeah, I had no idea what they were either) and tons of chocolate: chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, you name it, they've made it. Apparently this is the last big holiday for months, so I guess it's go big or go home. Being that I'm not very religious, I wasn't planning to get in on any easter egg hunts, but, as a woman, I feel I am entitled to the discounted chocolate tomorrow, and plan to be at one of these fancy chocolate shops to get supplies for winter.

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