Walking in Melbourne

First full day in Melbourne.  Walked to Melbourne Park to watch some qualifying tennis matches.  As we walked along we came upon Melbourne’s oldest church, St. Francis.  It’s a beautiful church tucked in amongs all the skyscrapers.

We continued walking to the tennis taking an unplanned circuitous route.  We eventually got there and strolled around the park getting our bearings.  We were able to see one of our Canadians, Frank Dancevic Canada’s Davis Cup captain, play through most of two sets before the rain suspended play.  We decided to go see Margaret Court Arena which is a covered stadium and we lucked into a practice match between Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem.  We got seats in the 4fh row.  We were feeling quite fortunate.

From there we hiked up into the Richmond area of the city to visit a store called Pookipoiga.  It’s a gift store where everything is ethically produced.  We met Sree and he was telling us the stories behind the products.  Mary gave him a Terrace pin.  

We then walked up to Fitzroy Park.  Melbourne is made up of all these different little communities and each seems to have their own green space. 

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From there we walked  to our Irish pub, P.J. O’Briens where we finished the day with Happy Hour drinks, food and music.  Then we staggered back to our Citytempo apartment.