The Botanist

We started early at Central Market which is like a huge grocery store where each department is independently owned by multiple vendors (like Fanuel Hall in Boston). Hundreds of stalls. We had breakfast in there at a well renowned spot called The Big Table. Servings were huge and food was amazing. I had a warm raspberry pear oatloaf with melted butter. Divine.

Jim had a work day while Addi and I hit the Royal Botanical Gardens and Adelaide Zoo.

We literally spent four hours wandering the gardens with Addi picking up fallen petals and leaves so we could tape them into her sketchbook. I attached a photo and am hoping the tape will preserve the colors for posterity. She told me what to write next to each...I don't know if you can read in the photo, but the names are adorable. "Heart shaped leaves", "butterfly skirt", "rainbow flower", "duck flower", "minute flower", "I love I love I love" etc. It was really fun and she is so excited about it.

From there we went to the zoo and saw some animals our zoos don't have. Tassie Devils, meerkats, some crazy birds and bears and creatures that I don't remember the names of, yadda yadda yadda. They have a new panda exhibit that was pretty great.

We leave super early for Kangaroo Island tomorrow and we can't wait. My final assessment of Adelaide is that while there are nice points, its strongest points are outside of it- the beaches, wine valleys, etc. If I could do it again I'd have rented a car to spend more time outside of the city. With that said, we have had a great run here!

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