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Sightseeing in Adelaide (with kids), part 2

GREEN SPACES

1. Adelaide Zoo - located in the centre of city, on the edge of the university campus has around 1400 exotic and native mammals, birds and reptiles. The highlight of the zoo is a newly-acquired couple of pandas. They have definitely become the zoo's mascots.


A surrikat
A thoughtful wallaby















2. Botanic Gardens -  is a 125-acre (51 ha) public green space established in 1854. It is easy to forget about the hassle of city in this quiet setting of native and exotic plants, pavilions, and exhibits.




MISC

National Wine Centre of Australia built in 2000 as a joint State and Federal Government venture, the building is being leased to the University of Adelaide for 40 years. Here you can enjoy wine and winemaking from the ground up.  The interactive Wine Discovery self-guided tour and exhibition showcase the complete wine experience. The cafe offers a wine tasting menu with options to appease a connoisseur. The attractive and unusual building is also a home for many events functions, as well as wine appreciation classes, wine training, and weekly 'wine-down hours'. 

The shop at the Wine Institute
Wine Cellar
 
Rundle Mall is probably, it is one of the most-recognized streets in Adelaide, it is a 500m pedestrian area that concentrates more than 500 retails stores, boutiques, and arcades. A walk down the street is a treat for kids - with ice-cream or smoothie in hand, they enjoy the bronze sculptured pigs, the fountain, the Mall Balls, and the performers.

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Lille Zoo

Wednesdays are off-school days in France, at least for Ecole Maternelle (JK and SK) and Ecole Primarie (Grade 1-3). This Wed the Little Nomads and I ventured into a Lille zoo and a local fair, full of rides, balloons, attractions, and tons of people.

The zoo is a part of Parc de la Citadel (free entrance) around the perimeter of a historic building of Citadel. The park also includes the Fair and two playgrounds.

The zoo admission is free of charge - the fact to I had some difficulty getting accustomed. Despite the fact it's free, the zoo was quite amazing, featuring many rare and interesting animals, from a rhino to lemurs. It is not very big, but just enough to have a good warm-up before we entered the Fair.

The Fair prices were also a pleasant surprise - all of the kids' rides were 1 euro, various attractions from 2-3 euros, and I haven't seen a single one, which was over 3 euros. We left the Fair after 2 hours and I realized that I spent less that 10 euros for 2 kids for 4 attractions and rides each!




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