In Adelaide and the 4th of July

This is Rundle Street and our apartment is right off this street. It is very busy on Friday nights and on the weekends. There are heaps of cafes and shops.

This is our apartment complex. It is called the Palias Apartments. It is completely different than our complex back home in Dallas!

This is the beginning of Rundle Street. As you can see on the left there is a Target. But it isn't like ours at home. It is more of a department store.

This is one of several bronze pig statues in Rundle Mall.

This is a picture of Rundle Mall. It is essentially a shopping district where cars can't drive. This is where we do all of our shopping because it is so close!

This is Woolworths. Our second home. If we aren't home on a weeknight it is because we are here! We do all of our grocery shopping and Wal-Mart type shopping here! They have everything we need!

This fine sculpture Justin is standing by is called "Malls Balls" Great name, huh? It is in the middle of Rundle Mall and a lot of people choose it as a meeting place. You can see David Jones in the background and that is an upscale department store like a Nordstroms or Saks.

Justin with Horatio, the most famous bronze pig!

This is Adelaide Arcade which is in Rundle Mall. It is one of the most beautiful and oldest arcades on the Mall. Supposedly it is haunted too!

This is at Victoria Square which is right in the middle of the city. Justin and I were on our way to the Central Market to buy some salami and cheese. The Central Market is a place to buy fresh fruits, veg, cheese, meat, and fish.

This is Queen Victoria guarding her square!

Inside Central Market. As you can see in the background, it is CRAZY busy on the weekends and hard to move around, but very fun and you can get some good stuff!

This is some famous fountain in Victoria Square, but I don't know what it is called! Directly behind with the clock tower is the Post Office. Our old apartment when we first moved here was behind the Post Office.

So there are some pictures of where we live and what our life is like here in Adelaide. I love Adelaide and think everyone should come here because it is such a nice place. It gets overlooked so often because of the big cities like Sydney and Melbourne, but it has a lot of character and the people here are wonderful!

On a different note, let me tell y'all (that is for all of those Texans out there) about our Fourth of July here! Well, of course they don't celebrate it because it is our Independence Day, so we both had to go into work. But, Justin told me that I needed to come to Beer-Thirty this Friday for sure. (Side Note: Every Friday at 4:30 Justin's work stops 30 minutes early and everyone drinks beer, coke, or wine to wind down for the weekend). So after work I walked over to Justin's work to partake in Beer-Thirty. You wouldn't believe but Justin's boss's wife, Anne, had put together a full July 4th food spread to help us celebrate our holiday! They had red, white, and blue table cloths, napkins, and plates. Anne and Bob (Justin's boss) looked up on the internet typical July 4th food (they found we eat chicken and blueberries) and made us little chicken sandwiches and had blueberry cheesecake! It was so thoughtful and sweet. Everyone was wishing us a Happy 4th of July. Justin couldn't work for a better company or boss! Anyway that is how we celebrated the fourth of July! We miss you all!!