No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one. Elbert Hubbard

Vacations are exhausting. Last week we spent our short vacation in Adelaide. Hubby had some work commitments in South Australia so being the school holidays Shan and I decided we would take a holiday- mother/daughter bonding time I told her. She was a little hesitant in leaving her friends behind but agreed to pack her bags and the three of us went to Adelaide. We tried to cram in so many activities that we were both exhausted at the end of each day. Well we were not coming back to Adelaide any time soon so we did have to make the most of the shopping, sightseeing, photo opportunities etc.

Shopping was Shan's favourite activity I think. She managed to spend a lot of my money! Parts of Adelaide and very pretty and some of the architecture is old world and some rather quirky.

Haigh's Chocolates was well worth the visit and the building is a great example of the old architectural styles of Adelaide. On the opposite ends of the architecture scale is this quirky tapas bar.

 

 And then there were these litter pigs :)

There is a whole set of them in the Rundle Mall and for visitors like us were an unusual sight and worth stopping for a photo.

One of the major highlights for me was the trip to the zoo. The pandas were the big attraction for me as I had never seen a panda in the real before. We have had them at the Melbourne Zoo but each time we went we missed them. 

Exhausting, yes, but I am glad we went. This is a beautiful part of  Australia. Of course it would have to be, right??

Cheers,

Lynda