Melbourne report

Hi, for those who were wondering what I was up to in Melbourne: here is a short report, to keep you up to date. As mentioned before I went down to Melbourne with Guido, my Italian friend from across the hall. Sonja cooked us a nice dinner and dropped us off at the busstop from where we took the nightbus. Though the night bus was cheap, the ride was hell. The ride was long (8hours) and uncomfortable. In the middle of the night we had a short stop at a rather depressing truck stop.

At 8 am in the morning we finally arrived exhausted in the city. We took up residence in the All Nations backpackers. A typical dodgy backpackers that would do fine for a couple of days. We decided to explore the city by the free circle line tram and after we went for wine in the Black Cat in Fitzroy. During the week the Black Cat turned into our favorite midnight hangout and their Cabernet Merlot turned into our drug of choice.

Melbourne is a very cool place to visit. Everything is closer together then back here in Sydney and the shopping is ridiculously good. Got myself a new pair of Onitsuka Tigers and trousers. There are a lot of arty things to see, but the nicest thing about Melbourne would be the bumming around in the many coffee and wine bars. Good times were had right there.

Should you be around you should definetely visit the Victoria National Gallery, maybe the best arts museum in Australia?, Federation Square - lots going on there, we saw the GAME ON video game expostion at the ACMI - and the Royal Botannical Gardens were quite awesome as well. We also went to see a game of Aussie Rules Football, a combination of rugby, soccer, basket and volleyball at the MCG, but that did not quite work for me. Could not figure out the game, but seeing it was an experience in its own.

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