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Sydney Markets


Hi lovelies,

What an amazing couple of days we have had.

On Friday we headed into the city to collect my brother. 


He was in town for 2 days, and he was just so lovely and giving in sharing his family time with us.

Thursday it was just Mike, Rob and I and we had lunch together and then headed back to his unit to catch up with his beautiful wife, Niki.
Saturday was so busy that we have split it into two parts.
First got up super early 4.45am and headed into the Sydney Markets at Homebush. 
Wow, this was amazing.

We started with the fish section,




headed into the fruit and vegies,





went past this amazing spice man




cheeses and nuts and nibble bits were next




then some teas


and finally, onto the bread section.

The atmosphere was energetic, and it was an eye-opening experience to see the busyness of the place.  I was a little in the way as I was just wandering and taking photos. 😊.
From there we went to the flower market.  This was a delight of scents and colour.  


Orchids


 Roses

tulips
 


 sunflowers


 dried flowers
 
and so many more






I think Robbie was so very pleased that we were living in the van and so purchasing was not really on the cards for me.

The Sydney Markets are amazing and I would recommend a visit to anyone.  One note before going.  The markets are cash trading only, but they do have a number of ATM's for those who run out of dollars.
 
When we were finished Mike and his family headed to the beach, while we back to the van, where I had not 1 but 2 naps 😊.

This was the first part of our day - we will be back tomorrow with our evening activities and our adventures from today.  What were they, well you will just have to check back and see. 😉

 Take it easy lovelies, stay safe and keep enjoying life.

 Love us.
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