Feeling hot-hot-hot!

What can we say? We were warned that Canberra would get hot in the summer, and boy were they right!  The temperature has been in the 30's for several weeks now, and has only dropped into the high 20's a few times. The heat is dry though, so it's actually quite nice. In other words - we love it!  But we're also quite thankful for our air con! ;)

It's hard to believe that we've been here for 8.5 months already.  We really need the time to slow down! We spent the first third of our time in Australia getting settled, the second third of our time traveling outside of the country, and are now spending the most recent bit of time exploring things locally - as you may have seen on recent blog posts.

This past weekend, we visited the Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets. Why we haven't visited this place before, we have no idea!  We guess maybe we were comparing it to a few other markets we have visited in Canberra (the EPIC Market and the Old Bus Depot Market). Don't get us wrong - both of these markets were quite nice. The former being a typical farmer's market and the latter being more of a crafty market.

The Fyshwick market, however, beat the other two markets - hands down! You could easily spend hours there and not see everything. It had the standard farmer's market areas, but it also had a multitude of other specialty stores. We stopped at a butcher only to find real American-style bacon!  (You have no idea how happy we were to see this, as it's not something you can find in the supermarkets here.) Next up was a specialty pet store and a specialty beer store (we swear, there were thousands of different beers in this store that you could try individually). There was also several fish/seafood shops, a winery front, many restaurants, and a specialty store that sold some American treats that you just can't find anywhere else in Canberra.

All around - a great day at the markets!

Entry to the Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets - Christmas Time!!