We went into the city this morning. Joelle has already been a few times, but Lucille and Donald and the kids hadn't been. We picked the coldest day to date to go in though! The wind was quite nippy. First we went to the Queen Victoria Market. For those from Vancouver, it's sort of like Granville Island public market, but much bigger. They sell not only fruits, veggies and meat, but they also have many many stands selling clothing, sunglasses, shoes, souvenirs, toys, arts and crafts. It was fun, and it certainly had the best deal on food we've seen in the city.
Then we took the City Circle tram. This is a free tram which circles the downtown core of Melbourne (called CBD - Central Business District). Bennett really enjoyed this trip.
The CBD has beautiful architectural features. Within the tall modern buildings are interspersed old beautiful buildings and churches.
We stopped at Flinders Street station, which is the main tram station. We walked through Federation Square and for a little ways along the Yarra river. Bennett still isn't fully recovered from a nasty cold, so we didn't stay very long. Hopped back onto the City Circle tram to head home. It was a good adventure.
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