First stop was £1000 Bend, easily one of my favourite cafes in the city, for a coffee. After running a few boring errands I walked past the new H&M open in the city centre and contemplated popping in but swiftly changed my mind when I saw the huge queue! I hadn't been in the Block Arcade before, but it's a great shortcut between a few of the main streets, and is full of beautifully ornate walls and arches. Perfect for some snapping practice. Lunch was at The Little Mule, a delightful combination of bike shop and cafe, tucked down a laneway. I had a delicious salmon bagel and a juice full of many fruits, all of which I cannot remember. One of my favourite things about it was that it came in a jar with a retro looking straw. Easily pleased. My big cultural activity for the day was a visit to the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne, to see an exhibition of Indigenous contemporary art called The world is not a foreign land. I shan't go into detail here (that's for another time) and photography wasn't permitted in the gallery, but it's safe to say I'm glad I went; it's opened a small can of worms in terms of my questions about and interest in Aboriginal art. Last stop was the cafe at the gallery, the Potter Espresso Bar, for a cup of tea and a hedgehog slice for a sugar hit to keep me awake until I got home.
All in all a productive and interesting day.
