Melbourne Day 2

Day 2 in Melbourne started a little slowly, but to be fair I could start most of the remaining posts about this trip with words that are like those. This was our mess around in the city day, so we wandered around and eventually made it to the Yarra riverfront. We bumped into some boat guys, who recommended taking the ferry out to Williamstown. It's a nice little town with some great little restaurants. We chose one, and enjoyed a nice lunch outside. Nothing spectacular, but an acceptable lunch along the tourist restaurant strip. We stop on the way back to the boat for a refreshing gelato, and grab the ferry back to Melbourne. By this time in the day it was blazing hot. We packed for cool weather, and were just not ready for the kind of warmth we faced in Melbourne. We took an uncomfortable ride on the circle tram around the city, but when it stopped for too long and the airflow stopped we had absolutely had enough. It was hot, stinky and unpleasant the entire way. It was too bad, because you actually get a good solid look at the city that way, along with informative narration. We found ourselves right near Chinatown, so we took a look around for the place we intended to have dinner. We found the restaruant without much trouble, and grabbed a little street snack of samosas to help us get through the journey. We did a little shopping, and a quick shot of internet, and then made our way back to the apartment to rest and clean up before dinner. Cleaned and refreshed, we started with a trip over to the rialto towers for a gorgeous sunset and bottle of wine on the observation deck. Next we walked back down to china town for a really fabulous dinner at Kum den. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, but not only is it a real restaurant, it is awesome. Go in, order the eggplant, and do not miss the Mongolian Lamb, it's spectacular.