Not the zoo and the park along the river?  I think it was somewhere in
there that I fell in love with Adelaide.  Certainly impressed me as the
prettiest city we saw in Australia.  Named daughter, "Julia Adelaide
Callan".  Could become a family tradition, who knows!

We dream of returning there too.  To see a land we once saw through 20
something eyes, through the eyes of the mature...I suppose.

-jc

david west wrote:

> John
>
> > With all the weirdness that is part of visiting
> > family and childhood landscapes, I think its better
> > to be exhausted by camping in the Shanandoah.
>
> I've been away from my home state for 12 years now.
> Visits tended to be once a year for most of that time,
> but in the past 2 years, I've managed a dozen or more.
> Interesting that apart from my mother, and a couple of
> really close friends, the things that hold dearest in
> my mind are places.  Not wonderful architecture, but
> places for experiencing life.
>
> When I go home to Adelaide, my punch-list of things to
> do ALWAYS includes:
>
> * a visit to the Central Market
> http://www.adelaide.sa.gov.au/CentralMarket/default.htm
> * buying dried fruit from "Ditters"
> * coffee (and in summer, gelati) at "AlFresco's"
>
> Of these, the first has a strong experiential element,
> in that the rambling Central Market is always full of
> sights, sounds, smells (not to mention the fantabulous
> array of tastes on sale).
>
> And yes, I do find the stone architecture of Adelaide
> comforting in a way that differs from the pure visual
> pleasure I get from the Sydney skyline and cityscape.
>
> > We, the two of us who actually grew up in that part
> > of the country, were torn by the visit.  The
> > architecture and landscape and some people
> > interactions tell us it is home and we need to
> > return.  The traffic, the inescapable crush of
> > people, the intensity of conversation, the urgency
> > of the pursuit of everything, repells us.  Family
> > pulls and repells in microcosm.
>
> Mmmm. Nice thoughts. I've always held the dream that
> I'd go home to Adelaide to live again one day. But now
> I'm wondering whether this is but a fantasy; that
> long-nurtured idolised childhood place that migrants
> promise their children they will take them back to ...
> and then when they do, discover that they have
> changed, and the childhood place is no longer what
> they held so dear?
>
> david
>
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