Chocolate and Coffee=Bliss

Today I went to the Coffee and Chocolate Festival on Darby Street. It was pretty sweeeeet. Basically like a street market. Not as big as some of the markets I've been to stateside but it was still really fun to go. I miss doing things like that.

As usual, there were lots of jewelry booths, and food. But there was also a lot of t-shirts and clothing booths. Darby street is kind of an artsy area. There's a lot of designer boutiques that are pretty pricey, and the restaurants are known for being expensive too. It's a super cool area, but if you really want to have a good time you have to have a bit of money. Kara and I just walked around, and we got dark chocolate-covered strawberries-on-a-stick. Kind of like the state fair! I was really excited about that. Kara took a picture, but I didn't have my camera with me so I'll have to steal it from her when she puts it up. There were a lot of dogs there. I've noticed that people in Australia don't really have a lot of big dogs. I saw a few labs, which I freaked out about, but mostly it was those little poofy yappy things. Oh well. I get to go home to a dog-filled house. Pretty sweet.

Anyways, after the festival we went to Hamilton and went walking around there for awhile. We stopped at Cibo (chee-boh) and had lunch. It was so delicious. Risotto balls with cheese and a tomato chutney-like sauce. Then I had fish and chips for the main course. Yummy. Oh, and they also RARELY do free refills here. Another thing I miss about the states haha.

Anywho, the rest of my day and week will be devoted to hammering out some serious schoolwork and studying before Lindsey arrives on the 4th! Hooray! I can't wait.

Cheers!