Port Adelaide

Well I've been having a small case of cabin fever, so I decided that I would take the train out to Port Adelaide for the day. Port Adelaide is the name of one of the professional "footy" teams here in Adelaide, it has a tourist center and it has a port, so I figured it must be somewhat interesting... heck it was even in the South Australian Tour Guide Book the Erin bought.

Well my trip began with getting my sorry ass out of bed and catching the train to downtown Adelaide (30 minutes). Once I arrived downtown I decided I would miss the first train and go grab a cup of coffee. I always get out of the train station and head to the same coffee shop religiously, its all part of my autistic tendencies. So headed down the street I "thought" the coffee shop was on, I walked up and down looking for the same damn coffee shop I always go to. Well folks the coffee shop is gone, either I forgot where it was or it disappeared... I'm going to go with it disappeared. Anyways, I headed back to the train station and made my way to my final destination Port Adelaide.

I got off the train and looked around... the Port Adelaide "footy" team has a reputation of having roughian fans and I saw why! Port Adelaide looked like a Ghetto. I figured out which way the ocean was and headed to the port. I walked around and around... I think there are more empty buildings in Port Adelaide than there are ones with actual companies in the, however, there was a Pizza Hut. According to the Visitor Center you can take a boat ride and follow the dolphin path... I couldn't imagine anything living in the water that happened to be in the port, maybe a Cat Fish at best. Either way these "supposed" dolphin cruises only ran on Sundays and today happened to be Tuesday.

As continued to walk around I realized that me going to Port Adelaide was the equivalent of someone visiting Winnipeg and taking a day trip to Transcona. The only difference is that the girls are skankier in Transcona and instead of driving over a bridge that goes over a bunch of trains as you do in Transcona, you take a bridge over a bunch of boats in Port Adelaide. I think the most exciting thing I saw in Port Adelaide was the Filipino Bakehaus (that is how you spell it). I was going to go inside the bakehaus and tell the owner that I used to work with a bunch of Filipinos back home and that there is a good chance that they are related, however, upon entering the bakehaus there was a white go working there... I assumed he was not Filipino.

When it was time to leave Port Adelaide I went back to the train station and got there about 2:45 and the next train was supposed to come at 3:04. Well 3:04 came and went with no train, which was strange, but no big deal because the next one was at 3:30. Well 3:30 came and went with no train... hmmmmm. O.k. I decided that I would wait for one more train because Murphy's Law.. I assumed if I got up to go catch a bus the train would arrive minutes later, so the next train was scheduled for 3:54 and yes you guessed it... 3:54 came and went and there was no train. I waddled down to the bus station and took the very long bus ride back to Adelaide. I case you didn't guess... I will not be going back to Port Adelaide any time soon.

Things I like This Week

• $10 9 hole golf course just by where we live and I think I'm going to try it out.
• Bacon on a cheeseburger

Thing I do NOT like this week

• Grimley the relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks who quit after the FBI raided his house because he is guilty of steroid use... buddy you made your bed... sleep in it.