I have arrived in Melbourne! My feet hurt and my shoulders feel as though I've done one thousand shoulder shrugs. I'm glad I packed light, because even walking around with a backpack and a purse for a few hours is hard work.
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| The atrium, next to federation square. |
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| Cool bike rentals like they do over in London! |
After I got off the train this morning I had a few hours to kill before I could check into my hostel. I walked to federation square and also walked around the queen Victoria market.
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| City streets. |
To my pleasant surprise I've arrived on the weekend of the AFL grand final, which I've come to learn is a huge sporting even, much like Americans and their super bowl. So I will be watching a parade tomorrow and then on Sunday watching the game outside on the big screen TV set up at federation square!
I don't catch a train until the night of October 2nd, so I have seven more good days to sight see. The weather is a bit chillier than Sydney. It was even sprinkling this morning and remained cloudy all day. I must admit, a little rain made it feel like BC which was nice, and also no sun meant I didn't have to lather myself with sunscreen, yay!
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| Tall buildings and sky's of grey. |
Some things I've learnt since my last post, which was only yesterday afternoon...
I can live without schedule.
I can sleep (somewhat) on an overnight train, after I realize that the noise is normal and no we aren't going to derail!
Don't put hand sanitizer in your purse upside down... The lids aren't that strong and it makes a nasty mess. At least mine was in an outside pocket and the only thing it seemed to really destroy was an already used bus pass.
I'm sure I've learnt a lot more than these few points, but they are all I can think about for now. I'm excited to continue for exploring tomorrow.
Bye for now.
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