Great Places To Visit - Melbourne's Cosmopolitan Laneways- Hosier Lane, ACDC Lane, The Block Arcade.

Thanks to my friend Pam, she and I had a lovely time wandering around the heart of Melbourne and it's Cosmopolitan laneways. Started with a train ride in from Ivanhoe Station getting off at Flinders St Station. Went into the tourist information there and picked up a city centre map.

Then off down Swanston St, turned right into Flinders Lane and stopped at a quaint little cubby hole cafe for a heart starting coffee. Then off to Hosier Lane, back out onto Flinders Lane and continued down to ACDC Lane. Lots of graffiti to photograph in these lanes. Down Collins St, through The Block Arcade resisting the urge to go into Haigh's Chocolates. Did pop into Gewurzhaus Spice Shop and The Art of Dr.Seuss. Brought some spices, but not some art! We continued to wander about, down Collins St past Gucci, Dolce and; Cabana etc.

As it was now lunchtime we selected a little Italian Cafe in one of the laneways for a light lunch.Anyway enough rambling on, here are the pics.

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