20/7/14
Took a trip to Melbourne for the first time for Alix's birthday, had lunch in a laneway (pulled pork baguette, very predictable but delish nonetheless) and wandered around the centre for a bit.
Saw loads of things we wanted to do but didn't have time to fully explore so we came back the next day to take it all in. Went back to the same laneway and got a much-needed cup of english breakfast tea from espresso (didn't taste like builder's tea but was still enjoyed immensely) after tackling the newly opened H&M flagship store - so overwhelmed I only managed to buy some tights! Then after tea we headed to another laneway to get some soup from 'the soup place'. We got a bowl of Moroccan chicken soup and it was SO GOOD. They had loads of different flavours so our plan is to go back and sample each one. For pudding we nipped into a chocolate shop - ganache i think it is called - and I picked one choccy from the amazing selection they had, salted caramel barrel for $2 but worth every penny (or should I say cent?). Freya tried her first macaron and loved it, so we can remain friends for now.
Then we trundled off to Gertrude street, stopping off on the way to grab a slushy from seven eleven despite the fact it was absolutely freezing outside!
Gertrude street holds a projection festival for ten nights (6-midnight) every July where artworks are projected onto the street, on high rise buildings and in shop windows. It was really odd seeing groups of people standing in complete silence mesmerised and staring into a shop window - it looked like they had been brainwashed and from a horror movie. The artworks themselves were all amazing, some a bit creepy and trippy but quite different from anything I had seen before.
Gertrude street is in Fitzroy where all the shops have quirky (but very expensive looking) clothes stores, cafés and winebars - definitely somewhere to visit again during the day. One gallery of woodworks was open and smelt incredible of the oils, we popped our heads around and the man inside was telling us about his wife's work - he asked her to create a quiet corner/ pod and so she did, Frey and I sat in it and it was amazingly calming!
After that we wandered back to Flinder's street station and headed home to a cup of tea and a mammoth batch of bolognese.
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