Last Tuesday.....
....I was lucky enough to spend a few hours of my day with the lovely Kim, of Frog Ponds Rock fame. Kim had been in Adelaide for the Ceramics Trienale and had a day to spare, so I met her at her hotel and we wandered off to see a bit of Adelaide. We walked through side streets and back streets to our Central Market, which I knew she had been wanting to have a look at it. Along the way Kim ooh'ed and aah'ed a bit at the wonderful old buildings Adelaide has , in particular the textures and colours of the big old sandstone and bluestone blocks they are built with. We noticed a few stalls already in the process of upgrading, the whole market is being smartened up to make it cleaner, more streamlined, and possibly more acceptable to the tourist trade. I hope it doesn't lose the unique atmosphere that has been known far and wide for decades. I introduced Kim to my favourite place for coffee, Lucia's, and we sat for a while, people watching while we had cappuc...