A Week in Melbourne - Part 5 The End

The 5th day was practically the last day we were in Melbourne, because our flight the day after was early in the morning. We wanted to go to the famous Hardware Societe for breakfast. When we got there, there were about 20 people waiting outside to be seated, and after someone finally got to us, we were told that it would be about 40 minutes wait. Well, I didn't want to wait so we moved on. Our next stop was the Manchester Press. There was also a lineup there but not as bad, so DH volunteered to wait in line and let me and Miss Kiki walk around. A little while after DH called and told me that they only had bagels there and I didn't really want bagels. So we walked around some more and ended up at Pop Restaurant and Bar on Hardware Ln. If you saw my first post of this series, you can see we actually took a picture in front of this restaurant on the first day.

The food was pretty good, but it took a VERY long time. We decided that Melbourne has super awesome bacon everywhere.

After breakfast we took the tram to go to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. I got us tickets to see Swan Lake by St. Petersburg Theatre. I was so excited about it, but in the end the show was pretty disappointing. We had balcony seating, so it was very visible that the movements were not synchronized, and the leg works are just not clean. I really expected more from an Eastern European theatre company. :( The Don Quixote show I saw in Prague was exponentially better than this.

At least, it was a beautiful day with nice blue sky. We finally see the sun in Melbourne!

Waiting for the tram

On the tram

Waiting for another tram

After Swan Lake, we still had time before our dinner get together with my friends. So DH and Miss Kiki went to this Munich bar while I went to check out the Factory Outlet. The factory outlet did not have a lot of interesting stores, and the prices were not that great. So I came out empty handed.

As mentioned before, we were meeting my friends for dinner at the Red Spice QV in the CBD. This was my friend I saw the day before at Andiamo and his wife and their son. Special mention here, the wife is an amazing cake decorator, you can see her work here. It was great to have finally meet them!

The restaurant was famous for their Pork Belly dish, so we had that, and several other dishes. They were all good, but the pork belly was my favourite.