Look at this, strangers give me flowers.
- Excellent. Oh!
- Yeah, it's so kind.
Well, this was my first impression of Adelaide, Australia.
Adelaide is located in the south of Australia
and is the capital city of a state called South Australia.
This is the only state in the continental part of the country
that borders all others.
And to get here, you gotta fly.
Australia is huge.
It's the world's sixth-largest country.
We came from Melbourne.
It's a short and beautiful flight.
The trip took a little over an hour,
and look at how close the airport is
to the Central Business District.
Melbourne is the closest capital,
and the drive here would take about eight hours.
Look at how interesting.
The hour here is "and a half" compared to the rest of the world.
In India, it is also like this.
But is it worth it to visit Adelaide?
What can you do here?
Cheers!
We spent a week in the city, created three videos,
and wish we could have stayed a little longer.
In this first video,
we go for a walk in the Central Business District.
Adelaide has the most unique city center
I've ever seen in my life.
You have to take a look at the map to understand why.
This is the city center, here just known as The City.
And all these here,
everything that you see green, these are parks.
So it's like an island surrounded by parks everywhere.
And this area here is known as the Square Mile.
Technically, it's a little bit more than a square mile.
But what's even better
is that you can walk all over.
It is my mom's 80th birthday.
I can't make it, so I'm wasting these, so...
Please take one.
Thank you! That is so nice!
Oh, my God!
He just gave me a flower.
That is so nice. Thank you.
If you're seeing this,
wishing happy birthday to your mom.
Now, here in the city, there is one central square
that is like the heart of it all.
This is Victoria Square.
And this square here is very important,
not only for Adelaide,
but also for the entire Australia.
Look at those flags over there.
This is the place where, for the first time in the country,
the Aboriginal flag was flown next to the Australian flag.
Imagine, it all started right here.
The square was named in 1837 after who?
You guessed it, Victoria.
But at the time, she was still a princess,
not a queen yet.
- Is there an Adelaide? Who's that? - Who's Adelaide?
Was she a member of the British royal family as well?
- I don't know.
- She was actually, Queen Adelaide. - Oh, really?
- She was the queen when the city was founded.
- Aaah.
- Yeah, she was the wife of King William IV.
- What year? - 1836.
- 1836. And did she come here?
- I don't know.
- They named the city after her. Did she actually come here?
- Well, that would be nice, huh? I hope she did.
- Well, I don't know. I think you should.
- She was the queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover.
- England and Germany.
- And Hanover.
- Hanover.
- Hanover. Hand over.
How do you get both territories?
- Well, that's a totally different story.
It's a topic for a different video.
- I lead you down the wrong road.
We're not doing that story.
- Not today. Not today.
Let's focus on Adelaide today. - Yes.
- Come on, let's go.
This square is surrounded by some of the most beautiful
public buildings here in Adelaide.
Look at that!
There's even a church over here.
That is the Church of St Francis Xavier.
It's from 1858.
Here's something interesting.
Adelaide is known as the city of churches.
South Australia was the first Australian colony
not to have an official state religion.
And as a result, what happened?
A lot of people that faced religious discrimination
or they were minorities, they came here.
South Australia was the location of the first Muslim mosque
in the entire country.
So the plan for today is to go for a loop around the city
and see all the charming buildings over here.
I just realized something here
made specifically to confuse tourists.
Look at that!
A lot of the streets change names
here at this square.
- So interesting that they've kept a lot of the older buildings.
- Yes.
- And they don't tear them down. - You know why?
They were rich for most of the 20th century,
so they had no need.
They could maintain the buildings.
- Oh, you think? Where did you get that from?
- I got it from the internet.
I was reading about it.
- Oh, you believe the internet? - Yeah.
What happened was that the other cities in Australia,
a lot of major cities, they suffered
with the decline of the gold rush.
- Mm-hmm.
- They didn't have this problem here.
- No depression.
- Look at what a charming street over here.
So many historical buildings here.
Wow!
This is a place definitely to come back later.
As we were just around the corner from our hotel,
I think I'll go upstairs just to leave my flower.
We stayed at the Grand Chancellor Hotel downtown,
within walking distance to everywhere
we're covering in this video.
There is one avenue here in Adelaide
that concentrates a lot of the
most famous constructions.
This one right here called North Terrace.
Look how easy it is to walk around over here.
Here's a map,
the one that I showed you in the beginning,
and they show you exactly where you are.
with everything that you can see around here,
everything in grids.
Parliament House, the old and the new.
Yes, if you don't know much about Adelaide,
this is the capital of the state of South Australia.
Behind this wall here, you can barely see,
but it's the governor's house.
You know something else very cool here?
Like in Melbourne, about transport, public transport... - What? It's free.
- The tram is also free in the Central Business District.
That is very cool.
We talked before about Adelaide being a wealthy city, right?
That's why they maintained all this architecture.
What's one of the reasons that made the city
naturally wealthy compared to other Australian cities?
- Gold?
- No, they didn't have the gold rush here.
- Ok. - We talked about that.
- Diamonds?
- No. - No?
- The city was actually naturally wealthy from the beginning.
- Silver?
- No!
- I don't know.
- They had one thing that was unique from the beginning.
- Oh. Weren't the other cities just a bunch of criminals?
And these people were free?
So free enterprise, free thinking, free ideas, advancement.
- Exactly. It's exactly that. - Oh.
- The other Australian cities were founded by convicts.
Adelaide, no.
They were founded by free settlers, you know, immigrants.
They just came here with the intention
of finding a better place to live.
We're now inside the State Library.
Oh wow, so beautiful.
I didn't expect to find a lot of people
studying there in the library.
That is so nice.
I'm still very impressed with that library.
I was doing some reading here and
discovered that they have one book,
their oldest book, actually, it's from the 13th century.
How come you didn't find it?
- Because I didn't look in the computer section.
- Mmm.
Also, they have some books from pre-European settlement.
- From the Aboriginals? Is that what you're saying?
Pre-European?
- Pre-European, yeah.
- So the Aboriginals, they had their own books?
Is that what you're saying?
- I don't know,
maybe we should go back there, you know?
We have too many questions now.
- Maybe.
As you keep walking,
you'll find a museum over here and an art gallery.
One of the most charming university buildings ever.
So what do you say about Adelaide?
- I haven't met her yet.
It just looks like a nice, very clean city.
Smallish...
Calm [in Portuguese]
- Calm... - ...tranquil.
- It's nice when you mix Portuguese and English.
I don't think people can understand you very well.
- What do you mean? Calma and calm are very similar.
English-speaking people are very smart.
They get calma and calm.
Equal, eh? [in Portuguese]
My English friends.
We just left North Terrace, that famous avenue,
and now we're entering one of the most famous
open-air malls here in Adelaide.
This is Rundle Mall.
Look at that, Gordon, pedestrian-only street.
They have Kmart here? Is that the same as in the US?
- Looks like it. World Cup ball.
Oh, cool.
Wow, this is a busy street. A lot going on here.
The triumphant elephant.
Oh, that's by Salvador Dalí.
- No, come on. Look at that.
That looks like a target.
- Baby, original bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí.
- I don't believe. I think that's a replica.
- If it was not the original, they wouldn't have video surveillance.
When I was doing my research about this place here...
- On Wikipedia.
- No, everywhere online. I check everything, baby.
Everything, starting with the official tourism site.
- Excellent, excellent.
- So, I discovered that this pedestrian street mall here
was the very first one in the entire country, in Australia.
- Really?
- It inspired all those that we saw in Melbourne.
- Excellent.
Now, was it the first in the world?
Who did they copy?
- Well, probably Europe. They had before.
- No, I bet Tres Rios.
- It's my city.
Yeah.
And here they have some of the most important shops...
- Um hm. - ... in Adelaide and South Australia in general.
This here is the Adelaide Arcade.
It's like a mall.
And I was reading here about the history of this place.
They have a QR code that you just scan.
And it says that it opened in 1885.
And when it was open,
it was the most modern shopping precinct in the Southern Hemisphere.
Isn't this a dream come true?
Ha ha ha!
I think it's so lively like this
because it's the end of the school.
We see a lot of kids coming out of school, huh?
- It's not the end of the school, it's the end of the day.
- The end of the school day.
- Thank you. - Ha, ha.
- Very different. [in Portuguese]
The kids are out.
Yeah, they have some interesting sculptures, don't they?
- Yeah!
Also, here they have some of
the most expensive real estate in the entire South Australia.
Look at where we're back.
Our original plans were to stay at a Rundle Mall,
grab something to eat.
But then, after we discovered this tiny street over here,
right by our hotel, this is Leigh Street,
we changed our minds.
We're a little early,
but we figured this place would be very busy
and at this time, it would be easier to get a table.
Cheers!
You're already getting in the mood, huh?
You know this region is famous for wine.
- No, I didn't.
To get started, what is yours, Gordon?
- Croquettes.
- With what?
- Bacon and shallots.
- We chose a tapas restaurant.
And mine, potatoes with tomato sauce.
- Potato with tomato.
- Tomato. Isn't that what they say here?
- That's a lot. That's a lot of potatoes.
- It is.
- Creamy. Hint of a bacon.
You don't really taste the bacon, not much.
And this is kind of a mustardy
sweet.
- Oh.
Mmm.
Great choice.
My potatoes as well. They go really well together.
More, baby?
- No, for you.
- Gotta feed me?
- Yeah.
- Garlic buns...
- Oh, thank you so much.
We did things in reverse here, right?
We should have started with the garlic bread.
Oh.
Mmm.
Oh, my God. It is amazing.
It's worth it, either in the beginning or the end.
It is so good.
Is that the best garlic bread you've ever had, or what?
- Yep. - I agree.
- You know what you do, every time.
It's the best.
- But it's the best, baby. It's the best.
Good choice.
- Ready to go back?
- No.
So fun because it's not only about the bars,
but a lot of people are just cruising here.
So let's do the same.
It's very cool they made the alleys a destination.
Yeah, look at the birds going crazy.
I'm loving it, great atmosphere in this city.