31 Jan: Adelaide (SA).

Adelaide Aquatic Centre

The day started off with rain and continued with a steady rainfall throughout the morning and early afternoon. This caused us to change our plans slightly. Instead of walking a couple of kilometers to the pool, where +Marc would swim and I would run around a local park, we would drive to the pool and I would skip the run for the time being.

The Adelaide Aquatic Centre was really nice and well maintained. It is a pretty big facility. Another thing to note about Adelaide is that even on a grey day, you can tell it is a pretty city with lots of parks, interesting architecture and different culture. We are hoping for some nicer weather during our brief time here.

Cheese stand in Adelaide Central Market

After swimming, we drove to Gouger Street where the Adelaide Central Market is located along with a number of great Asian restaurants that we could try for lunch. We sussed out the market since we are doing the AirBnB thing for this city and plan on cooking the next two nights. Gosh, they have so many stalls with fresh produce and meats. A cook's dream - great choices and reasonable prices because competition is so fierce!

This made us chuckle - lots of witty named stands

Once we knew the stalls we would purchase from, we decided to grab some Thai at a place that was pretty well regarded. Nothing fancy but we saw lots of suits in the restaurant which probably means the locals frequent it a lot. The food was tasty and fresh. Then we went back to the market and did some food shopping. It was fun, but it was also hard to not buy more - so much great stuff! Just like the South Melbourne Market.

Rare home cooking - Roo!

We got back to the apartment and the skies cleared up, so I went out for a quick 3.25 mile run. It felt good to get out there and run through one of Adelaide's many parks. Marc and I then cooked some kangaroo, other meats, beans, etc. It was nice and simple. Awesome. I'll also admit it was good to have a day off from all-day wine consumption too.