Fitzroy and Brunswick
Sep. 7th, 2010 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaWhat lovely part of Melbourne. Arrived in time for lunch. Found a really nice coffee shop where I was hard-sold a cup of coffee and a cake (I know I claimed to be fairly resistant to this sort of thing but it's a lot easier when I actually want a cup of coffee and a cake).
Checked back through emails to find out where the veggie restaurant was that ghostpaw had recommended. Found the place. It looked a little closed. Then I realised that was actually next door, and the closed bit was just an annex or something.
Sat down at a large table, and chatted to another single person because she had cameras. Actual proper film cameras that take film!!! One of them had a polaroid film alternative back, which was really awesome. We chatted about comic books and Doctor Who and where the cool places were. Seems my geekdar still works.
I had the world's biggest ever falafel wrap. I had no idea where to start. Seriously there was enough food on that to feed me for a week. Took various photos around the town. Found a second hand bookshop that had a very old and somewhat foxed Official Star Trek magazine in a basket outside, and a lovely selection of books including one abut 2 decades of Doctor Who, one about cyberspace and art, and another about Picasso.
So that was a pleasant place to wander. I guess I could have spent longer there and explored more thoroughly rather than just looking at shops but that was pretty cool.
I did have plans to eat with one of the people I met at the con but she cancelled last minute. In hindsight that wasn't really a problem. I really am exhausted. A quick bite and retiring to my room to relax and read and watch telly was probably the best thing for me.
Checked back through emails to find out where the veggie restaurant was that ghostpaw had recommended. Found the place. It looked a little closed. Then I realised that was actually next door, and the closed bit was just an annex or something.
Sat down at a large table, and chatted to another single person because she had cameras. Actual proper film cameras that take film!!! One of them had a polaroid film alternative back, which was really awesome. We chatted about comic books and Doctor Who and where the cool places were. Seems my geekdar still works.
I had the world's biggest ever falafel wrap. I had no idea where to start. Seriously there was enough food on that to feed me for a week. Took various photos around the town. Found a second hand bookshop that had a very old and somewhat foxed Official Star Trek magazine in a basket outside, and a lovely selection of books including one abut 2 decades of Doctor Who, one about cyberspace and art, and another about Picasso.
So that was a pleasant place to wander. I guess I could have spent longer there and explored more thoroughly rather than just looking at shops but that was pretty cool.
I did have plans to eat with one of the people I met at the con but she cancelled last minute. In hindsight that wasn't really a problem. I really am exhausted. A quick bite and retiring to my room to relax and read and watch telly was probably the best thing for me.
