Second day at the Aussie Open. We took the free tram down to Flinders St., bought our $.70 bottle of water at Coles and headed for the free tram to the tennis......which were so crowded we decided just to do the 20 minute walk. When we got in we stood in line to upgrade our ground passes to the Margaret Court Arena to watch our 18 year old phenom, Denis Shapovalov play France’s Jo Wilfred Tsonga. It was a great match going the full 5 sets with Denis showing his youth at the end of the match as Tsonga showed his veteran skills to come back and finish it off. During the match a camera man came up and filmed us for the stadium screen and at the end of the match a French fan came and asked for a picture with us. We have got into some great conversations with people on this trip and the people of Australia are very friendly. After the match went for a drink on the grounds and had an interesting conversation with two young guys; one was a teacher and the other was a Victoria state policeman.
After the tennis we headed off for the Melbourne Night Market which is only a block from our place. This is at the site of the Queen Victoria market which happens every day except Wednesday. On that day they have the night market. The market has hundreds of food and drink vendors along with merchants and their quirky wares. There is music and street performers and thousands of happy people and...sangria. Everyone should experience Melbourne’s night market at least once!
I am really enjoying your blog, Kelly! Love all the pictures.
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