Tasty Cheese

So I've been busy exploring Adelaide and the surrounding areas - yesterday with Tyler and today so far on my own. Yesterday we had breakfast at a restaurant called "Scenic Restaurant" - creative obviously. It was pretty tasty and was up in the Adelaide Hills so had a pretty view of the city and stuff like that. Then we did some wine tasting. The state that Adelaide is in is South Australia (SA) (BTW - there are 7 states down here, not including Canberra - which is their capital - like DC isn't included as a state for us). SA has most of the wines that come from Australia - although there are a few from other regions as well - but SA definitely has the majority. Adelaide Hills is then one wine region around here. Barossa Valley is the most famous so we'll probably head there another day. Anyways - we popped over in to one winery not far from the restaurant. It was a tiny little place called Ashton Hills and only has 7 acres of vines. It's the oldest and highest winery in the region and the lady inside was super nice and super talkative. We were the only ones there the whole time and she gave us tastings of 12 different wines - no charge - so we ended up buying a bottle cuz it was tasty and she was so friendly and all. I guess most of the wineries in the region though don't charge a tasting fee so that was pretty nice. She recommended another one for us to go to where we also had a cheese plate and got to sit on a little patio area and stuff like that. It was pretty nice.
By the time we were done there - it was nearly 3 pm so we headed down the Hills and over to Ikea cuz Tyler only has one dresser in his entire place so I needed a place to put some of my stuff. We picked up a cheap hanging closet dealy.
Then we headed down to GlenElg which is a little beach community about 20 min from downtown. Tyler had considered living there but it would have made his commute a good bit more. We wandered around the little downtown area down there - and then found a cool place for dinner.
Today I've been busy exploring the city on my own. I did a 5 mile run so was able to see some of North Adelaide which was pretty cool. Then I grabbed some lunch downtown and hung out in a coffee shop for a bit before taking on the next adventure - grocery shopping. I needed to stock up because all Tyler has in his fridge is some moldy cheese, bacon, eggs, and beer. Literally. It was pretty interesting. They had some different food down here - or at least names for it. It seems their cheddar is called "tasty cheese". They make a special lettuce bag called "Aussie Salad" - "featuring beetroot shred for an Aussie influence". And my personal favorite which I definitely couldn't resist buying - "Rice Bubbles" - aka Rice Krispies - haha! The box is even exactly the same as home! Now I just have to figure out how to cook with grams and kilograms - etc....