Sunny Stroll

First to follow up from where I left off. I went to play basketball yesterday with some friends. Now I have had to come to terms with something in my life. I am not a particularly athletic person. I've never wanted to be lumped in with the girls who can't play sports and are really bad at it, but I need to face the facts. I am one of them. No really I am and its ok. For years I was dancing and thus of course athletic in my own right. I was very fit and am the first to argue that dancers are athletes. That being said, when it comes to almost any traditional sport I'm just not that good. So then I have a choice. Do I not play because I'm not good and I feel bad for my team every time I miss a pass or miss a basket. Or do I just say to myself, So what? So what if I'm not that good, I'm gonna play anyway and have some fun while I'm at it. And I did. And it was fun. And no one kept score and everyone got passed the ball and we all had some fun. So I am going to embrace my non-athletic, not-that-good-at-sports side and say Who Cares?



Today I decided to explore Adelaide a little bit more. I noticed that a friend of mine had some beautiful scenic pictures of Adelaide and I wanted to see these places for myself. I was about to leave my apartment when I got a call from one of my friends. They had the same idea as me so off we went adventuring together.

This Art installation is found in Rundle Mall near my house and is called "The Mall's Balls"

We wandered onto the University of Adelaide Campus. It has big beautiful old brick buildings, much like you would find at McGill University in Montreal or Harvard University in Boston.

Uni of Adelaide Campus

It looks like a church but its not!

Their student center had this cool plywood construction with all kinds of nooks and crannies where you can study, eat or hang out and lots of assorted fun soft and hard seating.

Do you think if we labelled our garbage "landfill" they way they do it would make anyone think twice about what they throw out?

Beautiful old brick and stone pathways with bridges leading everywhere. 

After we left University of Adelaide campus we headed down to the river that runs through Adelaide, called the Torrens River and into Karrawirra Park. Gorgeous!

Torrens River

Real Life Black Swans!

Gorgeous fountain

Stairs and pathways and lights- what an ambiance!

This is what's on the other side of the Festival Center

Setting up for the Fringe Festival

So I had a wonderful day exploring my new city. When I came home I had mail!! A very special  Thank You goes to Samra and Asher who made me some artwork for the walls. Thanks to CJ for taking the time to pen me a letter. And Thanks to Ryan who sent my first letter which arrived just a few days after I got here!

More adventures in the days to come!