Half Local Half Tourist 假地陪真觀光

Had a great day tour-guiding my ex-student now friend NC in and around Melbourne city~~

Actually I myself was more like a tourist looking around at all sorts of things..

We had lunch in "Red Pepper" Indian restaurant on Bourke St near the corner of Bourke and Spring St. The food didn't taste as good as last time when G and I went there with Z + K~~ (yet the meat itself was cooked well, I had to say, fairly..)

(NC + our lunch)

After lunch we went to "Greening Bakery" on Russell St near China Town to have authentic Taiwan "Pearl Tea"! Ahh~ memory of home....

Federation Square definiely a MUST to go-- we grabbed some information flyers from the visitor centre, sat outside at the edge of the square enjoying the vibes of Melbourne city~

Then we jumped onto the Free City Circle Tram to allow us to browse the beauty of some historical buildings in the city.

(Also to give NC some ideas about the sites + Old Melbourne Goal to tour around for tomorrow~)

Tram 19 served us up to Sydney Road, which is my real "local" area--

We walked along Sydney Road from the beginning (Tram 19 stop 20) up to the middle-eastern area (stop 28/29). Believe me, that would be considered as a "long" walk if I'd do it myself!

Surprisingly, NC and I just kept walking and looking at interesting shops (even a lot of them were closed), we didn't feel tired at all!

I, as a local guide, realised that there is so much to discover on Sydney Rd., ended up being more like two tourists walking on the street! Yet it was great fun~

If it was just my daily walk, I'd just walk past the stores without having a good look at things in them.

We even got invited into a cafe (I think it's more like a turkish club for men to go after work) just beacuse we stood in front of the window looking at people playing cards with a "shisha" (water pipe/ hookah) next to their table.

(photo copied from wikipedia)

They were smiling at us and being frinedly to explain about "shisha" smoking-- to get the aromatic flavour (which is from the tobacco and herb they use) through it-- to give the relaxing feeling. They even offered us to try it!

It was a great fun walk! I really enjoy being able to view things as the way tourists do! I like the exciting feeling of discovering interesting and different things! Princess J enjoyed her day being a half local as a guide and half tourist!! :)

以前學生NC從Brisbane來Melbourne,今天碰面~

先在市區吃了印度菜~

感覺這次吃起來沒有上次我+G和Z+K去吃的那第一次光臨好吃...

會選這間也是因為上次吃完印象深刻,才想今天帶NC去嚐嚐

結果一整個太鹹 (但不可否認肉質本身還是蠻嫩的啦~)

邊吃邊聊一頓吃完就三點多~

但是我們沒在趕,一整個融入輕鬆悠閒的墨爾本步調

吃完之後去"糕餅舖"(台灣人開的素食麵包店兼有賣好喝的茶)買珍珠鮮奶茶

邊喝邊走去到聯邦廣場Federation Square--來墨爾本必"到此一遊"經典之一!

在旅客中心抓了一些資料後

坐在廣場邊邊喝茶聊天

順便感受一下墨爾本市區的氣息

然後跳上免費的繞市區一小圈電車

跟著左看右看一些歷史悠久的建築物

(順便也讓NC有概念

明天她可以利用此免費電車沿著這些點站站自由上下參觀一些博物館+墨爾本舊監獄)

隨意在某站下車後

就走到可搭19號電車的站

往我們家那一區也算有名的雪梨路Sydney Road出發

我們沿著雪梨路開端一路走走看看

碰到有趣的 就停下來讓NC拍拍照

我也有帶相機卻不知那時頭腦裝什麼??都忘了我也可以拍呀~

可能也算我有認真當地陪

把我所知的都一一介紹

(好歹公主我也在這區混了有一陣子  總不能啥都不知吧~)

這一走可走得給它算有久~

要我平常自己走 是不太可能的

但今天竟一點都不覺得累

可能有人一起走

又一路都東講西講 這也看看那也看看

很有趣~

我們甚至因為站在一間號稱cafe的店外

看人家打撲克牌但桌邊卻有一個有趣的shisha水煙斗
而被人家邀請走進近看
他們還好心解釋如何使用和使用目的
還問我們要不要試試看哩~
很妙的經驗~~

好多平常都沒有仔細看認真關切的店家
藉著走這一趟
才發現自己整個就也是觀光客
看什麼都好新鮮~
但我喜歡這樣的感覺!

能保持著觀光客的好奇和熱情來看週遭的一切

真的超有趣!!

公主今天假地陪真觀光大成功!!!!  :)