Anyway, I returned to the Hostel and took a quick shower. I made myself another toast breakfasts with coffee and read my book while I ate. After eating I confirmed with reception when checkout was (9:30), and since it was nearing 9 I went to wake Margaret and pack my bag. We were both packed and checked out on schedule. I headed to a common room to sip some hot chocolate, send some emails and watch over our bags while Margaret had some breakfast. Then we headed out on the short walk to Martha's place.
We got to Martha's where we took the apartment tour and put our bags down. Its a spacious 2 floor apartment that she shares with two other guys. (I've yet to meet them and 1 is away apparently). Anyway, she was heading out to help her sister, Eliza, at her studio, so Margaret and I headed down another few streets, to Smith St, where there were a lot of fun little shops. There were a few camping gear stores that were fun to walk through, just for looks, and many cheap, random, foreign pawn shop types of places. They were very interesting to walk through... just for the sheer diversity of items to see, ranging from intense to lawn gnomes.
Anyway, we headed to Eliza's (Martha's sister) studio, which it turns out used to be a taxi repair shop. I felt a bit sketchy knocking on the door but Eliza welcomed us in. We recognized each other from when I spent the 4th of July with their family in 2007, and that was nice. She showed us around the office, where there were half a dozen independent stations... all forms of art professions, all independent sharing the space. It was interesting. Eliza is working on photography, but others were in painting, graphic design, fashion design etc.
We regrouped with Martha and headed for a tram, and then into the Vic Market. In a way it is sort of a gigantic farmers market. At first we went down an ally where we got some food. Martha a bratwurst and myself and Margaret a type of meet/veggie/cheese wrapped in dough... they were good and called Borekes...or something like that... and they were delicious. We then walked through the many, MANY rows and tents of produce. Outside were all tents selling fruits and vegetables. Many shops were selling clothing ranging from t-shirts to Ughs to animal pelts. Others were selling random souvenirs, but the sheer number of vendors was great. Then we walked through an indoor section where there were cheese, wine, poultry, meats and seafood vendors. Outside there had even been a section seeking young poultry... alive... for eggs. They ranged from chickens to ducks to quails. They were pretty cute... anyway, at a couple shops we bought food for a picnic tonight and breakfasts for the week.
We took the tram back to Martha's place, where she headed down to help her sister at the studio a bit more. Margaret and I stayed back and did a bunch of cooking, her a pasta salad and myself some guacamole, which im very proud of since I mostly made it up. (I read a few recopies online... had very few of the called for ingredients, so mixed matched and simplified). I used 3 avocados, half a red onion, a bunch of cherry tomatoes, salt, pepper, the juice of a lime, and some whole cumin seeds that I smashed up. Im very pleased with the result.
We're now heading out to an outdoor screening of the new Marnia film, where we will be picnicking on the foods we made... and some other random snacks, as well as some Aussie treats like Timtams and Sweet Chili Doritos (both have been given high praise by Mel... thanks Mel)
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