December 06, 2006
Orientation Day
Jacob was at creche today so I took Oma and Opa into the city to make sure they knew how to get in and out by themselves, which trams and trains to catch, and to try and give them some basic idea of the orientation of the city to the other parts of Melbourne we keep talking about.
We went in early and stopped off at the Myer Christmas windows first before going up to the Rialto observation deck. These are two things you NEVER do when you live in Melbourne so it's good to have visitors here to remind you to do them once in a while.
After the Rialto we wandered through the Casino to gawk at the gamblers before making our way along the river to the Blue Train at Southgate for lunch. Opa seemed a bit shocked at the idea of a 'meal' for lunch (I think it was tandoori chicken salad....) but managed to cope alright in the end. After that it was ice cream and sitting on a boat on the Yarra for an hour before wandering around Federation Square and catching the train back home. Not the most exciting day but at least now they do have some general idea of how to get in and out and around the city by themselves. We'll start with the rest of Melbourne at some later date.
Posted by Faith