Sensory Smorgasboard in Adelaide

Sensory Smorgasboard in Adelaide

 Bright beautiful sky throughout the morning in
Adelaide. The weather station's prediction of 70%
rain looks like it may come true now.

 Today has been a sensory smorgasboard: sights, smells,
tastes, textures, sounds, feelings.

 Internetted for awhile first thing. Then off to
wander the city some more in new places. Jumped on
the FREE busses for tourists from Victoria Square into
the city and to the Festival
Center/Convention/Auditorium Center. Jumped on a bus
and headed out of the city with a "Day Pass".

 Road out several kms to Para Hills, suburb. Saw many
different neighborhoods. Mostly brick, one story
bungaloes of varied sizes. They build right to the
narrow site lines with 4-6 ft tall metal fences.

 Passed the Adelaide Super Dome (looked like a
crustacean or insect shell.

 Got off and found a bus going in another direction.
Fortunately he was headed back into Adelaide another
direction.

 The commercial areas remind me of so many I have seen
with signs, signs, signs, signs about the signs. This
is definitely a first world country with regard to
commercialism and gaudy graphics. Mixed in with the
commericalism are wonderful parks, playgrounds, and
natural walk areas.

 Back into the city centre for lunch. An international
food court. Sampled my way around and ended up eating
a mixed plate of Viet Namese, Malaysian, Thai food.
Soon I will find another mixed ice cream cone on
Rendal street before wandering off to walk along the
river for a time of peace.

 Food courts everywhere you turn off the main streets.
People, people, people. Who's working in Adelaide?

 Ha Ha!

 With 3 universities plus a mix of colleges in the
downtown area there are a great number of young people
18 to 30 on the streets along with people taking their
lunch breaks from work.

 Rundel street on this end away from the Rundel walking
mall has cafes of 30 different nationalities: Thai,
Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese (varied different ones),
Turkish, Greek, Egyptian....the list goes on and on.

 One of the benefits of the youthful generation here
are other moving beautiful sites on all the streets.

 Off to Perth.

 Alan

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