Day 106 - January 6

Craig and I decided that we might as well stay another night since there was a lot to do around Adelaide. After booking another night, we passed by a bunch of girls that were also from Canada, Saskatchewan: the non technological part of Canada. They were going to a winery that had Camel rides (insert camel joke here) and told us to join them. We said maybe.

We drove to the Central Business District (CBD) of Adelaide. All 'downtowns' are called CBD. We checked out the information centre to see what we could do. We asked about camel rides in wineries, but they didn't know anything about it. There were a lot of wineries to check out. We grabbed some pamphlets and headed back to Glenelg to meet up with Derek, a friend of Dan's (Dan is my colleague from my previous job at the Elbow River Casino).

Derek was a great guy to hang out with. We spent about 6 hours talking and drinking in the sun. He told us about his travels around Europe. From his stories it makes me want to travel around there too. He also talked about World War histories and how he's met an elite war veteren who was like James Bond. Craig, Derek and I had great conversations. It felt like we could all talk for a long time.

We parted our ways as we were going to get ready to meet up with Craig's friend Joel near the CBD. We went to Chinatown for a quick bite. It was sweaty and hot in the food court.

Adelaide reminded me of Calgary. The population is similar as well, with around 1.2 million. It wasn't as fast paced as Melbourne, more relaxed. The people seemed just as friendly too.

Met Joel at the Franklin hotel on Franklin street. He's a 23 year old Australian that Craig met in New Zealand and worked with. He was super nice and acted like a brother to Craig, where they would try and beat each other up.

Also met Joels friends: P'an-tau (PT) and Sophie (whom were a couple). Pt was in the army and Sophie was a cute Australian girl, seemed kinda shy but was talkative once you started a conversation with her. PT was a pretty cool guy and easy to get along with.