Adelaide

In Adelaide we were going to be staying with a lady by the name of Maria who we had met earlier in the year on a trip we had done in Airlie beach.



I had got chatting to Maria’s husband Alan who had tried scuba diving for the first time. She had kindly agreed to put us up for the duration we were there, which was very unexpected considering we had only known her for 1 day. We had contacted Maria to let her know what time we would be arriving however we found out her car had broken down and so when we met her we waited for the RAA. 30 minutes later she tried the car again and it started so we all jumped in and headed back to her house in Brighton. That night we checked our emails for the first time in over a week and found that my cousin Jasmin and her friend Annika were also in Adelaide so we arranged to meet them the next day in town.
The following day we caught the bus into Adelaide CBD and met up with the girls as well Anastasia who had been on the Alice to Adelaide trip with us. We had a wander round the CBD and then stopped for some lunch at Central market, where Anastasia tired Indian curry for the first time and loved it. After lunch the girls and I overruled Adam and decided to go to Haigh’s chocolate factory. The factory was small but the smell inside was just delicious. After buying some chocolate-it would have been rude not to, we caught the tram and made our way back into town. We went into a few travel agents to help the girls have a look at some trips to Uluru as they would be in Alice Springs in a few weeks. Adelaide for me was nice but not my cup of tea although the Brighton and Glenelg areas were lovely. They were seaside suburbs which had a relaxing, friendly atmosphere.



The next day Maria kindly offered to show us around Adelaide hills and then onto a place called Hahndorf. Hahndorf was a quaint little town with lots of crafty shops where we spent a couple of hours wandering around.
On Sunday we got up early to go to the local car boot with Maria and Adam told me I could only buy things if they fitted into my pocket, I bought nothing! That afternoon we enjoyed a walk in the sunshine to Glenelg and spent the rest f the day relaxing and playing Scrabble next to the sea.



On our last day in Adelaide we packed our bags and Maria drove us to the airport via a quick tour of south Adelaide. We said our goodbyes and thanked her for the lovely, relaxing time we had had. Our flight was due to depart at 12.30 but when we go to the check in we found out there was a delay and we would not be leaving until 2.30pm. Fortunately for me the airport had wi-fi so I was quite happy to catch up on my emails.