To The Festival Centre

Adelaide city is so laidback. I say that based on how fast people walk! I'm too used to a brisk pace. Here, they just amble along. Not slowly, but thoughtfully, rather. I totally get how it's in the Top 10 of The Economist's World's Most Liveable Cities Index. I've spoken to the associates and so many of them spent time in other cities and lived overseas, but come back to Adelaide to start a family and raise their kids. In that same breath, property prices have risen two-fold in the past 15 years.

If time is tight, then I need to zoom in on just 1 place to go. I couldn't attend any event at the Adelaide Festival Centre, but I had to take a look at the iconic site. How could I leave the city without seeing what supposedly defines this as the Festival City.

I took a guided tour of the Centre and peeked into its performing spaces. The guide was so bubbly and provided so many nuggets of information about the Centre. Fantastic training and attitude there. I was happy to see art pieces put up in the foyer- 'Poster George' which is all about George Jankovic's street art depicting Adelaide's best live entertainers for the past thirty years. Then, there were the other caricatures and portraits by various contemporary in-the-vogue visual artists on display too.

The work meetings fill the brain with necessary and relevant information for me to do my job well. A steep learning curve this trip is. These side jaunts, don't just provide the other perspective for a rounded view of a city, or of the world in general, they feed my soul too.