Melbourne 2019 - Day 2

I had a donut for breakfast.  hrmm.

Donut for breakfast! (first breakfast)
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
View south from the lift lobby of the hotel

I wanted to see the theatre in morning light.

Princess Theatre
Princess Theatre

Princess Theatre
Princess Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre

Then I wandered round looking at things.

Hotel Windsor
Hotel Windsor

Gordon Fountain
Gordon Fountain

St Patrick's Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral

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
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
Stained glass window in St Patrick's Cathedral

View from front steps of St Patrick's Cathedral
View from front steps of St Patrick's Cathedral

Melbourne and Coles Fountain
Melbourne and Coles Fountain

Coles Fountain
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
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
Menu at Tim Ho Wan

Because - crispy pork buns!!  Just like in Hong Kong :)

Baked Buns with BBQ Pork
Baked Buns with BBQ Pork

Our feast at Tim Ho Wan
Our feast at Tim Ho Wan

Inside a baked BBQ pork bun
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
Abode318

Building in RMIT
Building in RMIT

Had to go to Melbourne Central to see the shot tower.

Clock in Melbourne Central
Clock in Melbourne Central

Old Shot Tower building
Old Shot Tower building

ld Shot Tower
ld Shot Tower

Old 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
Rita, Hannah, Kaz and Stu outside the Princess Theatre

Inside the Princess Theatre waiting for Harry Potter to start
Inside the Princess Theatre waiting for Harry Potter to start

Half time stage lights
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
Baked Buns with BBQ Pork

And a bunch of other food too.

Vermicelli roll with sesame sauce
Vermicelli roll with sesame sauce

Spinach dumpling with shrimp
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
Marionette puppetteer performing

Uncle Tetsu cheese tart
Uncle Tetsu cheese tart

Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne Town Hall

Marionette puppetteer intermission break
Marionette puppetteer intermission break

Looking down Bourke Street from Parliament House steps, with Sarah, Rita's sister, posing!
Looking down Bourke Street from Parliament House steps, with Sarah, Rita's sister, posing!

Hannah and Rita enjoying Uncle Tetsu's cheese tarts
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
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

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
Interior of the Princess Theatre

Even the carpet had been done in Hogwarts style
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 during the intermission of Part 2 of Harry Potter

Inside the Princess Theatre at the end of the show
Inside the Princess Theatre at the end of the show

Princess Theatre by night
Princess Theatre by night

Hannah being sorted
Hannah being sorted

Princess Theatre by night
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.