Hello From Tasmania

Saturday Feb 13, 2010 – Hobart.

Off to the Saturday Market downtown Hobart. We used the GPS to find our way. The only problem was she did not know that Salamanca Street is closed for the market. With the map we were able to find our way to parking. It was downhill all the way to the market.

The market was huge. There were stalls for everything from fruits and vegetables to clothing. There were many artisans selling their wares. We could find many different things. It was wonderful way to spend the morning. Before we knew it, it was lunch time. There were a few places selling BBQ sausages. We had bratwurst on a bun. It was good. I had a berry crepe for desert. We worked off lunch by walking back to the car.

While eating lunch we talked with a couple from Indonesia. The husband was studying Fisheries at the Hobart University. She was expecting their first child. It was nice to talk to them. Another couple from Queensland joined in on the lively discussion.

We decided to go to the mall after leaving the market. We looked into getting wireless internet, but decided against it. It made more sense economically to just keep buying wireless time where ever we went. I don't know how many times we walked up and down the mall. We kept deciding to look for something that is at the other end of the mall.

After we returned to our accommodation I went to sleep and Charles organized all the tourist info we had into possible day trips. We are going to be quite busy over the next week.