Adelaide and Pink!!

On Saturday, Amy and I took the Overland Train from Melbourne to Adelaide. It was a gorgeous trip! We passed through a ton of farmland. Most of it was pastures with sheep, but a few had cattle. There were some crops also, but not a lot growing, as it's still winter here. It was a 10 hour train ride, and covered a lot of ground. Adelaide is a lot smaller than some of the other cities we've visited, like Melbourne and Sydney. I think Lonely Planet said there are like 1 million people here, so it's not that small. We were quite surprised at how small the downtown area was, and Adelaide is kinda run down. Many people compared Adelaide to Melbourne, saying it was like Melbourne but smaller. It's a lot smaller, and doesn't seem to have as much going on. However, we spent a couple days seeing the sights, and I do like the city a lot more now than my first impression. There is a river that runs through Adelaide, and it's a very pretty area. North Adelaide is a lot nicer and has a lot of very cool architecture. I went to the South Australia Art Gallery, which had a really cool Nature exhibit. I also saw the botanic gardens, the South Australia Museum, took a tour of Ayers House (a really cool old house, with lots of antique furnishings. They have so many valuable pieces they don't allow self tours, only guided tours), and visited St Peters Cathedral.

Tuesday night we saw Pink in concert!! The concert was awesome. A lot better than I expected. The opening act was Evermore, and they were okay, but Pink definitely puts on a good concert. The theme was the circus, and the stage had all kinds of circusy stuff, including slides, and the backup dancers had several wardrobe changes, some of which resembled clown outfits. It was an awesome concert!