Downtime in Adelaide
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008We took a few days “off” from traveling to catch up on email, laundry, and grocery shopping in Adelaide. We’re staying in a apartment here, and it’s been good to cook again. The central market provided amazing fresh fruits and veg, as well as some huge Italian meatballs – over ½ kilo each. During our wandering around the city, we came across a cricket match in progress at the Adelaide Oval. While we’re still trying to figure out a few of the nuances, it’s actually starting to make sense! Unfortunately the local South Australia Scorpions weren’t doing too well against the Victoria Spirit. Bummer.
Adelaide is a nice small city of about 1M people. The downtown area has a free bus service, but you can walk just about anywhere. It’s got a few quirks, but where else can you see a Christmas parade with the 3 Kings riding on real camels?
We also spent a nice afternoon in the Barossa and Eden Valleys visiting some of the many wineries. They are less than an hour drive from the city and produce some great Shiraz. Some of the vineyards export to the US and we found a few familiar names. We tasted a few at these cellar doors: Penfolds, Yalumba, Stanley Lambert, and Peter Lehmann. Most of them offer at least a dozen wines for free tasting and it was so difficult to decide which to try. In this area, you really can’t go wrong with a dry Reisling or a Shiraz blend.
Also, I wanted to thank all our friends and family for the comments you’ve been sending! Keep ’em coming. Finally, can anyone explain this scoreboard to us?
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