Thursday, 21 July 2011

Hello Melbourne!

After flying 15 hours from L.A. to Melbourne we have finally arrived! The plane ride wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be. This could possibly be because we departed at midnight and had the whole night to sleep. We slept for 10 hours(not solid hours) but a pretty good eye rest. We awoke in the morning with only 5 more hours to go. Dinner and breakfast on the plane was quite good- We very much enjoyed the Quantas airline!

Making our way through the Melbourne airport was a different story. We had to clear immigration and customs which took nearly 2 hours and from there had to figure out where we would sleep that night. We quickly found an information desk with free calling to hostels. We booked a few nights at the Discovery Hotel (for backpackers) and took the skybus there. It was a pretty nice hostel and we were lucky to get our own private room. The first day we went on a walking tour through Melbourne and had a few drinks with fellow backpackers from Holland who are from Harmelen. They were very fun to talk with.

We also got our banking set up, got a hold of Rianna, who is working at her substitute teaching job, and got a cell phone as well. The shopping here is amazing and kind of reminds me of shopping you find in Holland- very different styles. The atmosphere downtown is very nice and has many little shops, alleys, cafes, and bars. It was quite chilly today (I think its cold because I am so used to the heat). The temperature was about 13 degrees.

We went to bed early (7 o'clock) and plan on doing more sightseeing, meeting up with Rianna, and heading to the bar tomorrow. I didn't take too many shots the first day- it was quite misty out (off and on) and I was kind of tired (aka too lazy) for taking pictures. I've still got lots of time for pictures : )



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