Tips for coffee and hanging out in Canberra

Lonsdale Street in Braddon is a great place to hang out for a coffee or browse the quirky retail shops.  Its an area in flux as building takes place, so the complex below

27 Lonsdale street is home to a complex of pop up shops and restaurants, from nic nacs, clothese, 2nd hand/vintage.  A good place to browse.

Sweet Bones, http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/344/1720944/restaurant/ACT/Canberra/Sweet-Bones-Bakery-Cafe-Braddon

 Lots of gluten free and sweet treats.  Food OK, coffee OK.
 

However, I am told by my friends who live locally that Lonsdale St Roasters is this place to grab a coffee.  Judging by the queue, I am not surprised.

There are a couple of other places along the street that look worth checking out for a coffee and a bit to eat.
 

More shopping around on Lonsdale Street.
Other more mall like shopping is not that far away at the Canberra Centre.  The usual range of shops, from Big W, through to Zara and Hugo Boss.  So something for everyone.

Lots of cafes and restaurants in the precinct surrounding the Mall.  http://www.canberracentre.com.au/

Further afield is Manuka, which has arcade and laneways.  Paperchain bookshop is really worth a visit http://www.manukastyle.com.au/about-manuka

This is a great little thin crust pizza place, woodfired and v. reasonable.  Not too many tables and rather busy.

At 23 Lonsdale Street, Braddon, open in the evenings.

Review from SMH

Then onto a totally different suburb, Maple and Clove,
Realm Precinct in Barton.

A little grass courtyard.  This restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I wouldn't make a special trip to visit.  OK food and coffee, menu sounds good, but seems to lack "love". Dry bacon, that still managed to remain greasy, it had the feel, taste and smell of pre made hotel buffet food.  I had two lattes which tasted totally different.  One was Ok, but the second barely drinkable.  However, location is nice. 

Euro Disney - 10 tips

Great buskers on the way to Eurodisney.

Tips,
1)Easy to catch the RER from central Paris, we got a zone 5/6 orange card
2)we went later in the day ie arrived at midday to avoid morning queues
3)Go to the far left hand side to buy tickets away from the queues, there is a series of shared booths there and quicker to access entry.
4)It seemed pricey, but the character meals were good value. An extra 10 Euro per adult on the normal buffet price. No queuing and lots of photo ops.
5) A good place to get your bearings is the Lucky Nugget while having lunch, you can plot your course.
6) The express tix are really good, they do save on queuing time.
7) You can only get one express ticket at a time, so choose wisely
8) There are definitely peak times ie after shows etc, if you do activities while the shows are on the queues are shorter.
9) the shops get really manically busy later in the evening
10) Whilst queues are shorter later in the day some rides start closing around 9.00, ie we couldn't get onto Autopia