Queen Victoria Market

The weather yesterday was gorgeous and we decided to try out public transit into the city centre.  This was remarkably easy.  Our homeowners had left us 2 Myki cards and you just swipe them and away you go.  Melbourne central station is only 2 stops away from Kensington station so it was an easy commute and was also really fun for the kids to ride the train.
Keith's main concern was to check out the 2 main game stores in the city (shocking right?) so we checked those out and he'll try out the Magic tournaments at both to see what he likes better.  At least he knows where they are now.  We also had lunch at a Malaysian restaurant near one of the stores and Em was a huge fan of banana roti (this is not a big surprise since bananas are her favourite).
We explored the Queen Victoria Market (http://www.qvm.com.au/) which is HUGE.  We didn't get through all of it.  There's lots of stands with toys and clothes under the canopy portion; a food court in the centre square and the more permanent-appearing areas housed the vegetable market, meat and fish, cheese and wine.  They had free wine tastings and they were quite generous so I was a fan of this market from the start.  For all of our cheese-loving friends I have never in my life seen so many cheese stores with different kinds of cheese.  It was unbelievable.  We bought vegetables which were a significantly better deal than the grocery store and wanted some fish for supper so headed over to the fish market.  Sunday late afternoon seems to be the best time to go because the market closes at 4pm so they start selling all their fresh stuff for cheap.  The fish got put on trays on the counter and they start auctioning them off.   I got a big platter of tuna fillets for $10 and when I bought it the whole shop yelled "SOLD" -  it seemed to be kind of ritual at the end of the market day and was pretty fun.
We took the train back to Kensington station and we let Cian use his own kid's Myki card which he was pretty excited about.  I picked up a bottle of wine on the way home called "Raven's Park" in honour of the birds in our neighborhood that Keith loves so much.  We had a lovely meal of BBQ tuna and asparagus.  Slowly we are starting to find our new normal.  It was a beautiful day.