A Visit to Adelaide part 1

It was a refreshing and exciting to visit to Adelaide "the capital city of South Australia". For one, I had a good break from a straight 4 months work. Second, I was able to meet up with my cousins there and thirdly, I have seen the beauty and the difference of Adelaide and Melbourne City. Adelaide is 716 km away from Melbourne.

One of the differences that my wife and I had observed is that Adelaide City is very simple. Adelaide is quite easy to tour around in. It's relatively easy to drive in Adelaide. Apart from the fact that we're using satnav (GPS) when we stroll around, Adelaide City is not congested after all. The streets and road signs are very visible. The streets are very well structured that it wouldn't confuse a first time visitor.

Since the road is not too congested, going from$ one place to another within the metro is not troublesome. There's also ample and big shopping centres to go to. You can go to Westfield Marion, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza , Westlakes shopping Centre and Harbour Town where you can buy some signatured clothing at bargain prices.

Adelaide offers good sight seeing spots as well. There is Glenelg bayview which is comparable to Melbourne's docklands where you can find yachts and nice restaurants along with it. The weather is also good. Considering its warmer there than Melbourne in an average of 4 degrees which is good on winter but terrible during summer. There are also fast food centres that we can normally go to like Hungry Jacks, KFC, Subway and Mcdonalds. But, what Adelaide still don't have is Krispy Kreme Donuts. We had to buy 4 boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts inside the Tullamarine Airport the night before we left for our Adelaide trip.

There were also plenty of banks and ATM Machines for NAB, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac etc... You can also find Bunnings Warehouse for your hardware needs, Mitre10, Radio Rentals and Cashconverters to name a few. Car dealers are relatively easy to see. Just a quick stroll to the city, you can find all the car showrooms from Holden, Toyota to BMW and Porsche. In short, Adelaide is a very livable place in Australia. For a migrant who wants simplicity, peacefulness, and cleaner environment, Adelaide I would say is not a bad choice after all. I myself, fell in love with the City of Adelaide.