A more relaxed day...
Trip Start
Aug 30, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 11, 2008
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Friday, September 5, 2008
Came back to the hotel prepared for a leisurely morning, but that wasn't possible. Had several work emails and a phone meeting with my boss back in California.
Following that, our project team took a tram ride from downtown Melbourne out to St. Kilda. St. Kilda is a little bay/beach part of the city that has cute little boutique jewelery shops, flowers shops, etc. It was a nice sunny day, and we made our way out to the Stokehouse for lunch. The Stokehouse has a big fire-burning stove and long wooden tables overlooking the water
My Yummy Risotto
. I had a risotto with smoked fish, peas, chives and leek. It was fabulous! We also had a Chenin Blanc from New Zealand which was great. Our external consultant got a bit tipsy, but that's another story.Following lunch we headed out along the pier, overlooking the city. Apparently, in the evenings there are quite a few penguins that crawl up along the pier...
We stopped for coffee and cakes along the main road in St. Kilda where many Jewish European families settled about 60 years ago, and now run cake shops with great window displays.
We took the train back to downtown Melbourne, and I walked around a bit, doing some shopping and popping into jewelery stores. Went out to an Italian restaurant tonight for a quick dinner, and am now back in my hotel preparing for my trip to the wineries tomorrow!
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Real Penguins
There are penguins at St Kilda Pier,I was out on the rock breakwater at dusk and a little fairy penguin came up and stood next to me and my Swiss companion.They are curious little creatures!