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Published: July 18th 2017
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Today we traveled outside of the Central Business District to visit some of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Before heading away from the CBD we began with breakfast on Degraves Street . It was an area recommended to us by Emma. It was the best breakfast we have had since we entered Aussie Country. Degraves is like an alley way with tables down the center and both sides are llined with restaurants. Some of the establishments have small seating areas inside and the rest are outdoors. It is also a passage way for the commuters getting off the trains and heading for work and school. there is a constant stream of people working their way through the space. The street had a lot of atmosphere. The shop fronts were nothing fancy but the food served was special and unique causing the high volume of customers. some shops had just soups or sweets while others offered full menus.
We then moved on to Hardware Lane, another spot offering food and shopping drawing more crowds of people. It was clear that is was an area for local workers to stop to get there coffees while heading to work.
We walked up and
down Collins Street with more restaurants choices and high end shopping stores. Also on this street was the theater for plays and performances.
I need to note here that most of these streets are up and down hilly, some much steeper than others.
Our next stop took us to Lygon Street. It is the Italian district. There were a few other nationalities represented in the choice of restaurants but most were Italian. Several of them had seating outside on the sidewalks along the tree lined street. The area also had several shopping choices available to those so inclined. It was a much quieter area than the Central Business District.
In all of our wanderings through the neighborhoods and CBD we noticed many educational institutions so there are numerous high school and college age kids on the streets.
Later in the evening we walked the streets of the CBD stopping to listen to the various musical entertainment. It is truly amazing the numbers of people on the streets. We do not see that at home.
Many of the local people are very friendly and helpful. We have stopped more than a few times over the last few days to study
maps and find our way. Several times people would stop and offer their help in getting us where we wanted to go.
Melbourne does not have subways but they do have several buses, taxis, cars and trams. There are streets with double lane rails for the trams so caution is always necessary, crossing streets at the corners. The vehicles have steering on the right side of the car and the lanes are opposite from ours in the U.S. so you need to check in the opposite direction from us for oncoming traffic.
Most of the restaurants here are independently owned. We saw a few franchise businesses such as McDonalds, KFC, and Subway. They also have many 7 Elevens up and down the streets. We saw a couple of grocery stores, IGA and Aldi.
Today was a busy day and we covered a lot of territory. We'll see what tomorrow brings!
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Kathy Nichols
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I finally found my way to your blog! Took a while, but I've been a little busy. Love reading about your adventures and looking at the pictures. Hope you're both enjoying every moment. Also hope that you're getting some much-needed relaxatio
n time.What? No food pictures? We miss you but are doing fine without you (hah!!). Really, all is well here, so just have fun!