the Great City called Melbourne

Here's one of the reasons why I love Melbourne dearly... am currently enjoying my summer holidays and was recently hanging out at the Royal Botanic Gardens with a friend, beautiful warm weather, a glorious park and all its beautiful flowers .. and having brunch at The Terrace Cafe. You can be within the city region and still be in relaxing surroundings at the same time.

Many years ago, I still remember seeing the Shakespeare play "a Midsummer Night's Dream" here at the Botanic Gardens.. and this is still being staged here during the summer. It's recommended if you want to see something different, live and funny at the same time, amidst the warm evenings with a picnic rug nicely laid out under the stars.

The play is about young lovers Lysander & Hermia, and this most famous line “the course of true love never did run smooth”, said by Lysander comparing romance to a river current. Here's some of the script.

LYSANDER:
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth;
But, either it was different in blood,--

Hermia:
O cross! too high to be enthrall'd to low.

Lysander:
Or else misgraffèd in respect of years—

Hermia:
O spite! too old to be engag'd to young.

Lysander:
Or else it stood upon the choice of friends—

Hermia:
O hell! to choose love by another's eyes.

You gotta love Shakespeare... : )