Melbourne - Day 3 (Part 2) National Gallery of Victoria & Shrine of Remembrance

After that, we went out to explore CBD for the day. We took a tram to State Library Victoria. We did people watching in front of the library before walked in the building. We were not exactly there to reading any books so headed directly to the Reading Room and watched other people studying and reading. The interior of the building was so pretty and worth the time and effort to get into the library to see the reading room itself. Then after we got our fill of the library, we walked out of the building and fully intend to sit on the grass outside but was reminded that we wanted to try Chocolateria San Churro at QV. The churros itself was great and there are wide array of chocolate based deserts available there.

Sunken library =p

People watching

Life size chess

The Reading Room

Library gallery

Reading Room from upstairs

In front of the library

San Churro

People watching again

Trying to identify feelings about her drink =p

Then we took a tram to the Arts Precinct to go to National Gallery of Victoria. The gallery was closed when we arrived so took some pictures in front of the building and stared at the mini water fall at the entrance. After that we walked on the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and watched people at the park running, cycling or walking with their dogs. Finally after 20 minutes of walking at the park, we arrived at Shrine of Remembrance. The building itself is huge and have a pantheon style of structure to it and it is a war memorial in Melbourne built to honor the men and women who served World War l.

National Gallery of Victoria

Royal Botanic Garden

Shrine of Remembrance

Staring into nothingness 

We sat at the grass to recover from the walk at the park and just took in our surrounding. We spend my last sunset in Melbourne by relaxing on one of the benches at the shrine and took in the sunset sky. When the night slowly falls, we took a tram back to the CBD and went to one of my happy places =D

The moment you realized that you are
 so small compared to the world