Going to Ikea on a Saturday afternoon is a very bad idea…especially when there is no football match on, as it seems all the gals in town have dragged their menfolk out to look at what the Swedish furniture giant has to offer.
The traffic snarls started in Victoria Street near Nicholson Street, and continued right the way down to Richmond, making the journey which usually takes 5 minutes up to a 20 minute trip. I realise this doesn’t even hit the radar as un embouteillage (traffic jam) by Parisian standards, but it sucks when you’re in Melbourne.
Then when you get in to the store, there are people everywhere, you have to queue for everything: to sit on a piece of furniture you might like, to get a drink, to check out, and to leave the carpark.
Memo to self: Might be worth taking a day off next time you want to go there!
You know, Ikea can be like that here too. And the Ikea that Julien and I go to doesn't get good mobile phone reception so when we're lost we're lost having to wander around until we find each other. We don't ever leave one another when we go. Does your Ikea have a cool little cafe upstairs. We always stop and have a coffee and a sugar donut to help pass the time too. So, what did you buy? :)
I can believe it, Aimee! At least we do have mobile phone reception. And yes, there is a little cafe, where you can buy snacks and drinks too. I was mainly on a reconnaissance mission, but came away with two smallish floor rugs for the new house. In colours of blue and green and brown... (Like the one in front of the kitchen sink in this house for those who know it)