Hi Guys!
I have to tell you about the best Yum Cha in Melbourne!
Louise and I woke up to a sunny day and rolled out of bed. Wow, it is a great feeling having time off and doing what you want!!
We decided to go for a long walk and explore Melbourne by foot.
The first thing we went to was Fitzroy Garden conveniently located 5 min from our little hotel.
In Fitzroy park we found Captain Cooks original home delivered from Yorkshire UK.
http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayObject.cfm/objectid.00004969-98E0-1DB4-9D0380C476A90000/vvt.vhtml
Interesting and the best of all was the guy in the souvenir shop! Talk about loving his job, he could not stop talking about Captain Cook, we absolutely got our moneys worth out of him.
We meandered down to the green house and walked through, not wishing the girls in there to much sun as it was quite hot and steamy in there. We took of to Flinders ave and walked down toward the central part of Melbourne. As it was Easter friday we passed a chathedral so packed with people they had speakers out on the street as there was at least 100 people outside as well as a packed church. Very nice! We found ourself having to go through the masses and we were wished "Happy Easter" by every one, even the police wished us Happy Easter. Really Nice!
We bought an all day tram ticket and hopped on the tram.
Melbourne have a great trams system!
Almost as good as my home town Gothenburg in Sweden.
My friend Elaine had told me about a great place to have lunch, Chapel street in Praharan.
Armed with a tourist map and an all day tram ticket we went to Praharan, and with out a passport!!
It was a different world, almost like Soho NYC 20 years ago. We walked around and finally found the Oriental tea house.
We got great service and even better atmosphere, green tea and the food just went on coming. I truly recommend that you visit this little gem if you ever visit Melbourne.
"THE ORIENTAL TEA HOUSE" on Chapel street Praharan.
http://www.orientalteahouse.com.au/photos/w1/i1001216/
We left with a full belly and walked back , got lost in the shops, and found a lovely Chinese acupuncture/massage place. As I had a frozen shoulder and was in pain, I walked in.
$30 later my shoulder was healed and booth the little china man and I was totally worn out . he did a great job... forwarned me that I would have pain "tomollow"... did I ever.. and a hugh lovley bruce to remind me of him. Hey, I am not complaining .. different pain and full movement in my arm, Thank you :)
We took the tram back to the City and went to the Casino, to try our luck !
Our luck was that some one had made a BIG MISTAKE and locked most of the machines via computer and you could only play at the tables.
We played at the Piano bar instead, with a cosmopolitan and some free food.
We did not need a lot of persuasion to go home to bed, after all we had been out walking for 12 hours and after two cosmopolitan, sent on our merry way.
What a great Easter Friday !!
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