April 2, 2007 - Melbourne

What can be better than waking up, visiting a casino, shopping at stores like Tiffany, Versace, Burberry, Prada, Louis Vuitton….well I guess hitting it big at the casino and not just window shop, but actually purchase things.  I only made one purchase and it wasn’t shoes to everyone’s disbelief.  After shopping I went to China town to walk around and eat Japanese which I haven’t had in over a month!  Lunch was at a sidewalk Japanese restaurant named GiGi and Tendon was my choice and one of my favorites as a child.  After lunch I found the fuel to shop some more.  I looked around Chinatown at David Jones and Myer, visited St Paul’s and Flinder’s Street Station, and then the shops at Australia on Collins (attached to my hotel).  I wanted to visit the hotel pool, spa and sauna so I did so this evening then changed and went back to the casino for dinner and a nice view of the city at night.