Mark drove me down to Adelaide just before noon, and
we found the hostel right away. The guy behind the counter was super nice and
helpful, and though the hostel is quite old and looks “used”, it’s clean
enough. I got the top bunk, which is great because I won’t get claustrophobic
this way. It’s a six bed, all girls dorm room, and the others seem nice, even
though that one British chick is a bit noisy and the girl in the bottom bunk is
coughing so hard that the whole bed shakes. The hostel costs $19 a night with a
free pancake breakfast every morning, which I am super excited to try tomorrow,
because…pancakes! The wifi is also free, but slow when too many people have a
go at the same time. I will try to put all my photos on Facebook; probably
Sunday, when I’m back from Kangaroo Island.
I got around to checking out Central Market (which
is closed on Mondays, so I will go back on Wednesday to buy fresh fruit and
veggies). Even closed, it was pretty interesting. Right next door is Adelaide’s
Chinatown. It’s wee compared to others, but hey, it’s still Chinatown. It
smells like Chinatown, too. Since I will need an Australian bank account when I
start working for Mark (officially), I marched into Westpac and got an
appointment for 2pm. I passed the time going to Victoria Square and taking
pictures of old buildings and statues of people I don’t know. I even went into
a pretty little Cathedral (Church of St. Francis Xavier). Awkward moment of the
day: while I was looking at all the pretty art in the church, they rolled in a
coffin. I thought it was really weird that the church was open for the public and
they just carry in a dead person. So I left. Quickly.
Opening the bank account took some time; thankfully
that wasn’t because of me but because their system broke down. Afterwards, I
treated myself to some ice cream, and then took the free city bus, the Adelaide
loop, to get an overview of what’s where in Central Adelaide. I got off the bus
a couple of stops early because I thought I was “home” already, only to realize
that I had no idea where I was. As I’m not very good at reading maps, I
wandered around aimlessly for a while, until I realized that I had actually
been rather close to the hostel when I got off the bus, but of course I had
walked in the wrong direction, having no sense of orientation whatsoever. I
made it back alive, though. I’m pretty tired today, not quite sure why, but I
decided to call it a day after getting something to eat and drink from the
supermarket.
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