The Block Arcade, Myers Melbourne and the Queen Victoria Markethttps://www.google.com/adsense/new/u/0/pub-3691500166505297/privacymessaging

What is your favorite place to go in your city?

I have 3 absolute favourite places to go to in the City of Melbourne. My first place to go would have to be the Block Arcade on Collins Street.  I love its grandiose architecture and the shops in it. Even though the Hopetoun Tearooms are no longer there, I love the other shops,  in particular the Toy Shop with the dolls hospital.

Another must see is the Myer department store on Bourke Street, another slice of Melbourne history.  I loved as a child and young women browsing through Myer and worked there briefly as a Christmas casual worker.  Myer is famous for its Christmas Windows display that has a different story for its focus each year.  Today in Mekbourne, these  windows are being launched. I used to love relaxing in the women’s restrooms and lounge where all women who needed public conveniences could relax and chill and breastfeeding or just rest after a hectic shopping trip.

The other thing I love is The Queen Victoria Market on Elizabeth Street.   The markets are wonderful with an array of butchers,  delicatessen, fruit and vegetable, and clothing and accessories stalls. I haven’t been there in a long time and miss the experience of buying meat fish,  cheese fruit and vegetables etc.  It is also the perfect place to buy a gift for those traditionally hard to buy for. About 20 years ago, I did a foodies dream tour of the market, savouring delicacies and learning the history of the different store holders.  It was an amazing and memorable experience  and one I think every tourist in Melbourne should do.

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