a weekend in adelaide.

A few months ago when I had a 3-day weekend, we decided to take a little trip to visit Adelaide. Adelaide is a small city of about 1.3 million people located a short 1-hour flight from Melbourne. The perfect stopover for a long weekend.

One of Candice’s friends from college lives in Adelaide, so we met up with him for lunch shortly after we arrived. It was great to meet a local who could take us to the best coffee shop and show us Adelaide’s shining jewels – the Malls Balls.

the "Malls Balls"

The rest of our first day was spent wandering around the city in the rain, exploring Chinatown and the Adelaide Central Market. The next day the sun came out, so we decided to explore the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. When we travel to a new city in Australia, we always love to check out the botanic gardens. They offer a beautiful place to take an afternoon stroll, and occasionally glimpse some unique wildlife. Melbourne has an excellent botanic garden, but I think the Adelaide Botanic Garden is my favourite. From the unique buildings, lush gardens and beautiful lavender arches, we would highly recommend a visit to the gardens if you are ever in Adelaide.

The rest of our time in Adelaide we spent walking along the river, visiting the Adelaide Oval and exploring North Terrace. We had a great time on our visit and hope we have another opportunity to visit Adelaide again.

 -BK Adelaide - September 2016 from Candice Kortlever on Vimeo.