It’s peaceful here for the most part. Little tufts of pale yellow hair cling to the corners and the bottom of the couch. A mandarin tree tempts me in the corner of the neighbor’s yard. And something in the palm outside the living area window makes funny noises at night. The wood floors freeze my little toes, and there are only 6 or so channels that come through on the TV, but I suppose that is an even trade-off for being a couple streets up from the beach. Anyways, this is home for the next year. We have found it at last!
Chad and I chuckle at the irony that after arriving in Adelaide we were met at the airport by a British woman, and were then treated to dinner by a New Yorker and a Tassie, and now we live with a British man, and soon his Canadian girlfriend as well! Chad loves that they have an old golden retriever, and is already attached to him.
Just 3 streets or so to the West is the beach. A couple blocks to the North is a delicious bakery, a couple grocery stores, the Laundromat we dry our clothes at, the video store we have already frequented, and a Chinese restaurant that I’m sure we’ll become regulars at. Jetty Road (which obviously leads to one of Adelaide’s Jetties) has lots of cafes for us to try, and if we put in the effort of a 20-minute walk, we get to the major shopping mall of the area.
It is a rather convenient location for most of the things we need. The Hospital is a hike, but still within reach if we want the exercise – a flat 5k.
There are buses of course, which make everything closer – pretty little Glenelg and the CBD. We’ve been trying to learn the routes and I think we’ve taken the wrong bus at least twice a week – but you really shouldn’t get us started on that. Really.
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