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After Clare Valley we arrived at Adelaide – the capital of South Australia. An incredibly pretty city right by the Torrens river and the sea, also known as ‘city of churches’. We thought it should also have been called the ‘city of cyclists’ – in no other city have we seen so many cyclists and cycle paths! For us it was love at first sight as we cycled through the incredibly orderly city centre on our day into town – despite the high rises and all the modern shops and conveniences, we were amazed to see that the city is absolutely spotless, traffic is light, and the whole place still retains the feel of a laid-back provincial town. An additional bonus is that the sun always shines, the climate is dry and not muggy, in fact very similar to a lovely meditterenean climate all year round. There is also a fantastic central market selling all varieties of fresh produce and meat, and deli luxuries. What else can one want?? And to think that we would have missed out on all this had it not been for a TV and radio interview we had lined up in the city. Adelaide was a 100km detour off our route, and our initial intention was to bypass it.
From the centre of town we cycled to the southern suburbs, to the lovely home of a Polish family we had met further up north, when they had helped us when Nic’s bike broke down. Back then they had invited us over for a short break at their home in the southern suburbs. We accepted the invitation gratefully, and spent an absolutely blissful 4 days with them, being thoroughly fed and watered by Barbara’s amazing home cooking. Sedef even managed her first Polish vodka – absolutely lethal! For the first time since starting the trip we realised how much we are missing the comforts of a cozy home that most people take for granted…
