Italian Festival

Today I went to East Sydney to see an Italian festival with Carla and Moy. It was two streets full of little places selling mostly just food: bread, pasta, cheese, cakes, coffee and chocolate. To be honest, I had expected to see a bit more of other stuff, too, like Italian art, souvenirs etc. There were also three stages for singing and playing performances, and we got to see some traditional Italian costumes. It was tons of people there; tasting the food, walking around and enjoying the sunny day. We bought Italian breads and went to a cafe to eat them with cappucinos. Then we walked past this little store selling European brands, and Carla ended up buying a shirt and two bags. (She´s becoming a worse shopaholic than me lol.)

Italian performers

Since there weren´t a lot more to see there, we decided to walk to Circular Qay to have some ice cream. We walked through Botanical Gardens and saw the Rose Garden in its winter form. There weren´t many roses left, but we found a few big ones that smelled really nice :) There was a little market in front of the Opera House, and we spent some time looking at photographs of Sydney. I found a perfect one with beautiful coloring, only it was too small. I know I´ll eventually find the kind of photograph I´m looking for, though. On our way towards the train station we stopped by at few clothes stores. I bought a cool lifesaver T-shirt and a warm jumper, both naturally on discount. Then we got ice cream from Kopenhagens and sat on a bench eating them. It was quite a lot of tourists there. I guess people from other countries are on their summer vacations already and traveling to Australia. I´d come here during the summer, though, if I could choose.

Oxford Street

In the Rose Garden