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Wed 11th<\/sup>
\nWe had breakfast in the hotel and were disappointed to see that it was the exact same menu as yesterday complete with the \u2018soggy\u2019 description for the hash browns and \u2018freshly baked yesterday\u2019 for the pastries.\u00a0 Oh well, it filled us up and meant we only required a light lunch again later.<\/p>\n

During breakfast we tended to watch the traffic outside the window, comparing it to peak hour in Perth and finding Adelaide very quiet.<\/p>\n

\"Google

Google Maps - Turning the Tables on Them<\/p><\/div>\n

The main entertainment most mornings was listening to the compulsory little beep every time the filter arrow went green for people to turn left.\u00a0 For some reason, Murphy\u2019s Law no doubt, the 2nd<\/sup> car always saw it and the 1st<\/sup> never did and it amused us no end.\u00a0 So this morning, gazing out of the windows, we suddenly saw the Google car again in the queue waiting for the lights.<\/p>\n

\"Google

Google Maps - Photographing Them<\/p><\/div>\n

I raced for my camera, praying the lights would stay red long enough, and managed to get 3 good shots of it.\u00a0 Turning the tables on the Google camera felt very rewarding.\u00a0 We have a friend who saw it one day and he has his picture on the web for all to see.\u00a0 I\u2019ve checked and we\u2019re not on it \u2013 yet.\u00a0 But I shall keep checking.<\/p>\n

We set off to the tram and from that to Grenfell Street to catch the bus to TTP (Tea Tree Plaza).\u00a0 I wanted to see this shopping centre as it was the one I was most often asked for in South Australia in my directory assistance days but the main highlight was that we would travel along the O-bahn to get there.<\/p>\n

\"Adelaide's

Adelaide's O-Bahn<\/p><\/div>\n

The bus trip began at a normal bus stop on a normal city street but soon went into a roadway of its own and very soon after that we were travelling along 2 concrete tracks with sleepers between them.\u00a0 The driver kept his foot on the accelerator but let go of the steering wheel and we travelled along at speeds between 60 and 100 kph according to speed signs exactly as you\u2019d find on a road.<\/p>\n

\"Adelaide's

Adelaide's O-Bahn with a bus coming towards us<\/p><\/div>\n

David was very excited to be on the O-Bahn after reading about it for years, and I took some photos of course.\u00a0 I\u2019d have sworn we went through a small tunnel at the beginning but David says we didn\u2019t and a look on Google maps shows we only went under a small bridge \u2013 it was a foot bridge at that!<\/p>\n

\"Adelaide's

Adelaide's O-Bahn viewed from the Back Window<\/p><\/div>\n

But we went down between retaining walls so I guess that\u2019s what I saw to the sides without looking up.\u00a0 May shrugs!\u00a0 Definitely not a tunnel.<\/p>\n

Tea Tree Plaza was a shopping centre, what more can I say.\u00a0 You\u2019ve seen one Westfield you\u2019ve seen them all, except that it had a Harris Scarfe which was different to WA.\u00a0 David bought himself 2 pairs of shorts and I bought a nice light-weight t.shirt.<\/p>\n

The thing that we will always remember though, was that all of a sudden they began to play \u2018The Last Post\u2019 over the PA.\u00a0 It was incredible.\u00a0 Over a period of a few seconds the entire shopping centre became stilled.\u00a0 Everyone stopped and I said to David \u201cIt must be 11th<\/sup> November!\u201d\u00a0 (Remembrance Day \u2013 is that all over the English speaking world?)\u00a0 The shop still had pop music playing which felt so disrespectful and I was just willing someone to stop it.\u00a0 Eventually they did and that made the experience even more emotional.\u00a0 I got all blinky and goosebumpy.\u00a0 As the music finished the noises began again and everyone went about their business once more but it was not with the same rush.\u00a0 It really had been a very moving experience.<\/p>\n

We did our usual routine of keeping left so that we saw the whole shopping centre which was on two levels, the floor level and a lower level with a food hall in it.\u00a0 We chose to have some of the lovely Greek yogurt for our lunch which we\u2019d once before had in a big shopping centre north of Brisbane.\u00a0 We weren\u2019t hungry but this is exceptional yogurt and was worth squeezing in.<\/p>\n

From here we travelled once more via the O-bahn back to Adelaide city.\u00a0 It was 39\u00b0C again and we wore hats as a matter of course because we were likely to be out in the sun so much.\u00a0 I also made it a habit to wear the white and yellow scarf I\u2019d bought the day before draped lightly across my shoulders so it covered my arms.\u00a0 This meant I could wear light, sleeveless clothing but have the benefit of cover from the sun when we were away from shade.\u00a0 I soon took to wearing it draped from under my hat so it covered the back of my neck and was not even touching my upper arms and it seemed to catch every available light breeze and waft it around me \u2013 beautiful.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019d completed the day\u2019s planned activity and it was hardly beyond lunch time so we decided to catch the tram and go all the way to Glenelg; the end of the tram\u2019s journey and the \u2018best beach\u2019.\u00a0 It was a 40 minute journey with very frequent stops in the city but getting further apart as we got out to the suburbs.\u00a0 In the city, the tram travelled in the centre of the roads but as soon as it was out of the city block it became more like a train with its own fenced-off track, though it did have to stop at some traffic lights along the way.\u00a0 It was a beautiful cool journey as a break in the hot day.\u00a0 We love the heat but a cool break is not a bad thing.<\/p>\n

Glenelg was your typical \u2018sea side town\u2019 with shops along the main road selling clothes, souvenirs and ice creams; and then the restaurants and caf\u00e9s.\u00a0 We easily found the beach and carefully removed our shoes, tentatively touching the sand to make sure it wouldn\u2019t burn our feet but it was bearable.\u00a0 We went under the pier and stood there to cool off from the short walk from the tram and adjust hats and my scarf so we were comfortable.\u00a0 The beach had a few people on it and one Aboriginal family with an adorable little toddler in the care of an older child.\u00a0 So darned cute we both gave her special smiles.\u00a0 We headed for the water and paddled along.\u00a0 You know how it is, you start in an inch of water and end up getting your clothing hems wet.\u00a0 I tucked my dress hem into my undies to lift it up a bit which felt so freeing \u2013 they\u2019d have seen more leg if I was in bathers after all.<\/p>\n

The water was beautiful and it was so good to splash along with absolutely nothing else in the world to do.\u00a0 Suddenly there was a really warm area.\u00a0 We\u2019d drawn level with a rock wall in the water so it must have prevented the water from moving around as much as the rest so it had really warmed from the sun.\u00a0 And then we were beyond the wall and the water felt really cold.\u00a0 After that we reached a large rock groin so made our way back up the beach, talking to the seagulls there, and moving towards the buildings.\u00a0 Ooch, ouch!\u00a0 The sand was really hot and we did the \u2018where\u2019s my shoes\u2019 dance very energetically until they were found!!!<\/p>\n

The buildings were a very long row of multi-storey apartments with restaurants all along the ground floor, there must have been 15 restaurants or caf\u00e9s in a row, all with indoor eating areas plus umbrella or canvas covered table areas outside.<\/p>\n

\"Galleon

Galleon Restaurant at Glenelg<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019d bought 3 yogurts at lunch and only eaten 2 so we sat and broke out the last one before it went off.\u00a0 It had been with our cold water in David\u2019s backpack and not got warm.\u00a0 From here we just wandered around, exploring the area and the shops.\u00a0 We found an old galleon, minus sails, though it had all the masts, which was a restaurant.\u00a0 The small print showed it was a replica but it was very impressive all the same.\u00a0 But shut.\u00a0 Which is probably just as well or we\u2019d have ordered something to eat just for the sake of eating there and if we weren’t hungry before our yogurt we sure weren’t hungry after it!!!<\/p>\n

And at the shops I bought a lovely skirt and something else that I can\u2019t even remember.\u00a0 I usually hate clothes shopping but really needed some cool things and got great bargains on everything.\u00a0 And we bought a couple of mangoes from a supermarket as I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms.\u00a0 Then back on the tram before it would get too busy with commuters \u2013 not really fair to add to the busy squash when we could travel earlier.<\/p>\n

The spa was also calling us and again it was beautifully cooling after the hot day.<\/p>\n

Tonight we decided to eat at the Indian restaurant on my list.\u00a0 I\u2019d chosen seven possibilities for the week, Indian, Thai, Swiss, Chinese, Italian, Spanish and Korean, just for a balance of choice as we fancied them, and this time we decided to walk and set off at a cracking pace through Rundle Mall.\u00a0 I\u2019d got a map with reference numbers on for all of my restaurants so we knew where we were going but when we got there it was just a large business-style building.\u00a0 And it was hot, and we\u2019d walked fast, and we didn\u2019t have a drink with us.\u00a0 So we had already walked half of the bottom of the square and all of the left-hand side and set out across the top, watching the numbers.\u00a0 No go, so we walked down the right-hand side and things started to improve and, in the final corner, was a small, insignificant door without light beyond it but we tried anyway and it led to a flight of downward stairs.\u00a0 Ahhh!\u00a0 The Jasmine Restaurant.<\/p>\n

A lovely lady greeted us and we gave her our \u2018we haven\u2019t booked but..\u2019 line and she found us a really nice table and filled our water glasses promptly.\u00a0 We drank about 5 glasses of water each as well as beer for David during the meal.\u00a0 As the Alphutte had been, this was linen napkins, beautiful cutlery and crockery and excellent service and we had a really nice meal consisting of an entr\u00e9e, plain and cheese naan breads and main courses which we shared.\u00a0 We truly did roll out of there stuffed full, phew!\u00a0 After climbing the stairs we completed the few steps which meant we\u2019d then traversed the whole of Hindmarsh Square by accident and walked slowly enough all the way home, where we elected to watch a TV show on David\u2019s little DVD player until it was time to retire to the respective sides of our bed\/s.<\/p>\n

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