Goodbye Adelaide

I'm leaving this Sunday and the new job will start from Monday.

For the time being I'll keep my room in Adelaide while renting another one up Clare, but if I do get ongoing positions in Clare Valley I'm planning to take a house up there for my own, so that I could either rent spare rooms out or keep it for myself. Things have been planned out and I'm getting oh so excited.

I've been in Adelaide for 2 years now. It wasn't as good as what I imagined before moving here from Melbourne. I still think I met way more scumbags here in Adelaide than in Melbourne and generally people are just not as nice here. I'm gonna keep my expectations low for the country this time and hopefully I wouldn't disappoint myself too much.

What will I miss in Adelaide?

The friends that I made over the years of course. But well I'm not going that far away so hopefully I could still catch up with them once in a while. I'm heading out this Saturday night in the hope to see as many as possible of them though.

There's not that much to talk about in the city really. The dedicated CBD area is only 20% built up and there are still plenty of old villas and houses wait rotting. The city feels dead, you will be able to find stores that are clearly no able to hang on in the heart of Rundle Mall, which is absolutely ridiculous. Shopping experience is pretty limited, needless to say, Rundle Mall itself is small, and the stores are just mediocre. I'd rather hunt around either online or to Harbour Town (factory outlets that occasionally gets good stuff cheap) to shop. There are a few charms here and there though, such as the Chocolate Bean, their chocolate filth (better be shared though in concern of diabetes stroke) is the bomb!

Although the city of Adelaide has been quite boring I did find the surroundings of Adelaide pretty enjoyable. Forget Glenelg, go further to beaches with fewer people is always a better choice with clearer water and purer sand but the same undiscriminating sun tan, at times you can even own the whole beach for a while. There are a lot of wicked places hidden in the Adelaide Hills too. Hahndorf is not really considered hidden btw. Try the cheese factory just off Woodside, their 'Monet' is the most beautiful cheese I've ever seen and the taste is not bad at all. Hunt around for pick your own fruits or (if not in season) shed doors to get outrageously cheap and amazingly fresh fruits - peaches, cherries, strawberries, apples, nectarines you name it they have it. Cafe Acqua in Mt Barker, although being franchised, has the best veal (juicy and tender in a creamy sauce to die for) I've ever had for around $20, the likes of Fasta Pasta just can't get anywhere near it at around the same price. Of course there's the bakery in Lobethal and various tiny wineries surrounded by vineyards setting up ridiculous slopes.

Hmm well it's not really that hard to go back to anything that I miss here though because Clare is only 2 hours drive away, and I'm willing to drive anyway.

Turns out it's not really a proper goodbye Adelaide yet? We'll see.