Melbourne (3)

Sunday morning in Melbourne is about markets.  The Arts Centre markets, home to some of my favourite stalls, like great bags, fabulous curry spice mixes, felted hats, personalised pencil cases and the best stall for a slightly chilly Melbourne morning, the man with the curved heat packs for the neck who warmed them up before selling them to us!

Then it was onto a tram down to St Kilda for lunch with some old friends of Bronwen's and a stroll along the pier, via the St Kilda markets of course and a few stops at some of the cake shops

No fairy penguins to be seen, but some pretty impressive balancing acts.

Back to Melbourne, we met up with some more old friends for a dumpling dinner and then Melbourne was pretty much over apart from the appearance of the 'Bathroom Cafe'.

The bathrooms at the Crown Metropol are separated from the sleeping area by sliding screens across the vanity unit (it's cooler than it sounds).  The girls decided it looked like a cafe and once we came back from St Kilda armed with various cakes, this was the result.

  

Monday morning, there was time for one more swim and then it was back to the airport for our return to real life.  It was a great escape that was full of fun.  Thanks to everyone who helped make it possible.