I had a donut for breakfast. hrmm.
Donut for breakfast! (first breakfast)
Then I let the sweetie have a snooze while I went out for a wander.
View south from the lift lobby of the hotel
I wanted to see the theatre in morning light.
Princess Theatre
Princess Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre
Then I wandered round looking at things.
Hotel Windsor
Gordon Fountain
St Patrick's Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral
Interior of St Patrick's Cathedral
Interior of St Patrick's Cathedral
Interior of St Patrick's Cathedral
Stained glass window in St Patrick's Cathedral
View from front steps of St Patrick's Cathedral
Melbourne and Coles Fountain
Coles Fountain
Coles Fountain
Had another donut back at the hotel with the sweetie, then he got ready and we headed out again. He wanted to look at some bookstores, so we did that.
Robinsons Bookshop
At 11:30 we got to Tim Ho Wan for a slightly early lunch. I've been wanting to come here ever since I'd heard they'd opened.
Menu at Tim Ho Wan
Because - crispy pork buns!! Just like in Hong Kong :)
Baked Buns with BBQ Pork
Our feast at Tim Ho Wan
Inside a baked BBQ pork bun
Then Stu went back to the hotel and I went for another wander. I liked this apartment building on Russell Street.
Abode318
Building in RMIT
Had to go to Melbourne Central to see the shot tower.
Clock in Melbourne Central
Old Shot Tower building
ld Shot Tower
Old Shot Tower
Then we met up with Hanna, Rita and Sarah to see Harry Potter!!
Rita, Hannah, Kaz and Stu outside the Princess Theatre
Inside the Princess Theatre waiting for Harry Potter to start
Half time stage lights
At the end of Part 1 they give you a couple of hours break, so we all went back to Tim Ho Wan for more BBQ pork buns!
Baked Buns with BBQ Pork
And a bunch of other food too.
Vermicelli roll with sesame sauce
Spinach dumpling with shrimp
Stu went back to the hotel again, and us girls went to Uncle Tetsu's for cheese tarts. Past a marionette puppeteer, who was very good.
Marionette puppetteer performing
Uncle Tetsu cheese tart
Melbourne Town Hall
Marionette puppetteer intermission break
Looking down Bourke Street from Parliament House steps, with Sarah, Rita's sister, posing!
Hannah and Rita enjoying Uncle Tetsu's cheese tarts
Then it was back to the theatre for Part 2.
Hannah taking a selfie outside the theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre
Interior of the Princess Theatre
Even the carpet had been done in Hogwarts style
Inside the Princess Theatre during the intermission of Part 2 of Harry Potter
Inside the Princess Theatre at the end of the show
Princess Theatre by night
Hannah being sorted
Princess Theatre by night
I enjoyed the play. The hardest part was reconciling the characters on stage with grown up versions of the actors we know so well from the movies. Especially Hermione who looked and sounded *nothing* like Emma Watson. Or remembering that Draco was not Lucius. It was an interesting story, and you could see things getting worse before they got better. As always the stagecraft is always the coolest thing of a production like that, especially doing live "magic" which is pretty clever. The duel was amazing :)
Then the girls all went "home" and we collapsed back at the hotel.
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