Rosanna The first week in August was my last week working and living in Melbourne. How fast six months had gone by! It was time to get ready to move to Adelaide. The last week included a lot of packing and cleaning, but also my last day at the office and saying goodbye to all my lovely co-workers. We went out to see a movie and to have dinner together with my team on the last week and I also received a beautiful card from them. I couldn't have asked for a nicer way to end my days in my Aussie job. Oliver arrived on Friday evening to help with the move and to take me with him to Adelaide. He was no help at all! We had reserved an AirBnB room for the last nights in Melbourne, since we had to vacate the flat already on Saturday morning. The AirBnB house was located in Carlton, really close to Fitzroy, which was one of the areas Oliver wanted to spend more time in. So over our last weekend in Melbourne we did a lot of touristy activities in the CBD, ate delicious food and enjoyed some drinks on Brunswick & Lygon streets and met up with our friends Arvi and Mari for the last time.
Cockatoos came to say goodbye
Major cleaning operation
At the Melbourne Museum
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Lygon Street street art
At the Vertue of the Coffee Drink for a delicious brunch
Royal Arcade
Haigh's chocolate
Rum at Brunswick street
REUNITED
So from the beginning of the second week of August we were again living under the same roof. Phew we must say! From now on we will go back to writing this blog from our combined perspective.
In August Rosanna started to get used to living in Pooraka, Adelaide and again working full-time (to be honest only 4 days a week) to Finland. Oliver was still having a pretty relaxed time at work and continued to go to the gym every weeknight. Only now he forced Rosanna to join him but luckily not to every class. Rosanna also made acquaintance with our landlady Sarah's two dogs, Nelson and Winnie and started going for walks with them to get out of the house.
Rosanna's walking buddies
Winnie
By the creek
An amazing sunset one evening
On our first Saturday together in Adelaide we had lunch at the Peter Rabbit Café in the CBD, since Rosanna explicitly wanted to get a chance to pet the rabbit they have there. The food was good too! On Sunday we borrowed our landlady's convertible and drove to Port Elliot for whale watching. The weather was amazing and we were lucky enough to spot two Southern Right Back whales from the beach in Middleton! It was the first time for both of us and felt pretty cool. On our way back we stopped for a pint at a German style village called Hahndorf, which was a bit of a disappointment since it was very touristy.
Such a cute café
Lunch at the Peter Rabbit Café
Peter the bunny
Ollie enjoys street art
On our way to Middleton
Whale watching
Spotted two!
Kippis!
In Hahndorf
German influence on Hahndorf's streets
On our second weekend our landlady wanted to take us for a wine tour in Barossa Valley and we happily agreed, especially when she said that she could be the driver. We were lucky enough to get another sunny and warm day after a rainy week. We stopped at altogether five wineries as well as at the Barossa Valley Cheese Factory and had a blast getting to know the area.
Our first stop at Lou Miranda Estate
Lou Miranda Estate
Second winery: Chateau Tanunda
The view over Barossa Valley
Mengler Hill Lookout
Time to taste cheese
Not a bad ride!
Lunch at Charles Melton winery
The scenery was pretty amazing
At Tscharkes Place winery
Ollie guarding our wine to take home
On our third weekend we did yet another wine tasting trip, but this time to Adelaide Hills and with our roommates from Melbourne, who were visiting Adelaide. We visited three wineries and had lunch in a cute café in Mount Barker. After the trip we went back to the city for a dinner and a couple of drinks. It was a lovely day, even though we weren't that lucky with the weather.
At K1 winery
Richard and Katherine
At the Lane Estate
Beautiful grounds of Hahndorf Hill Winery
Finally some beer
Finishing off the evening with dinner
August went by pretty quickly and we felt like we had seen Adelaide and its surroundings quite a lot. After the next two weeks we would be heading off to Queensland and starting our 6 month adventure in Oz, New Zealand and Asia. So we were eager for September to start and get ready to leave Adelaide.
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