A trip into Adelaide, on a beautiful day, pleasantly warm, and sunny.     First stop, the upmarket and colonial style suburb, North Adelaide.   O'Connell Street.   And a step back in time, except for the modern cars.   Beautifully restored buildings.

   Coffee time, at a trendy cafe which displayed a selection of very good coffee beans.   We chose a latte, with normal beans, and the coffee was excellent.   I was fascinated by the array of spider webs at the top of the windows.   Thank goodness there were no large spiders in them.   Interesting webs, all the same.  Perhaps webs are part of the decor of trendy cafe's in this part of Adelaide.

  The verandahs and well laid out pavements, made a cool and interesting walk along the street.

  Then into Adelaide, and lunch in the trendy Rundle Street.   I was a bit taken back with the heavy dose of oil that had been poured over my cooked prawns and saffron rice, plus a thousand islands type dressing applied liberally on the salad.  Not really to my liking.   I did question the oversupply of sauces, but did not get a reply really.  But apparently the restaurant has new owners.    So they have lost two customers.  

 Sonya at work in the jewellery shop next to the restaurant.   What a beautiful array of jewellery in the shop.    Very easy to spend money in this shop.

  Rundle Mall.     The giant cockroach.   What next!

 Shady Rundle Mall.   A pleasant place to stroll.   But these trees will soon be gone

 The council is redeveloping the mall.

 The redeveloped area looks very smart, and some new trees have been planted, but it will be a long time before there will be shade again.

 

  The new Harris Scarfe store, still just as muddly inside, but always a great place to purchase bargains, especially in the homeware section.

  The new Apple store, cavernous.    We counted 25 staff members.   All on zero hours no doubt.

 The Myers Centre, once the ultimate in modern shopping concepts, looking very tired.   I remember when there were roller coaster rides on the top floor.

The Regent Arcade.  A little bit of old England. 

And the Adelaide Arcade, also a bit of old England.

The Button Shop.  You would love this shop, Kylie.  And a sideline in tea cosies.   Handknitted too.

And you would love this shop, Aaron.   Full of board games.  Perhaps not as good a selection as in Utrecht, but pretty close.

 The two arcades side by side, with the Regent just a little less ornate on the outside.  The Regent arcade used to have an orchestra playing on the balcony.   A long time ago of course.

Then back home to Aldinga Beach.   Home from home.