One week in Melbourne

I just came back from a wonderfully exciting week in beautiful Melbourne in the far South of Australia. What an amazingly European-style city, full of people from all over the world, zillions of students and foreign travellers, museums and parks and galleries and little boutique shops everywhere, sunny squares and modern architecture, sculptures on every corner, big impressive facades and churches and a big river running through the middle of it and so much to do!



The famous International Melbourne Comedy Festival was on and we saw a couple of very good comedians and giggled lots. I especially like Stephen K. Amos from the UK. I always wish I could remember more of their jokes to use them myself but… it does not seem possible!


We stayed with Craig’s friend Leisa in her lovely house in Carlton which is very close to town. While Craig and Leisa were working hard all day I explored the city, visited the Melbourne Museum and the National Art Gallery, the Aboriginal Art Museum, the State Library (see picture) and of course some of the spectacular shopping districts. Many people have warned me that the shopping in Melbourne is outstanding and I have to say I was really really impressed. There are so many small local labels with really different approaches to fashion and materials, I loved it! There are shops with DJs doing their magic, shops with graffitied walls, shops with a bar in them, anything! I am very proud to confirm that I have resisted buying any shoes or fancy clothes (apart from a fleece and some socks cause it is freezing 15C only and we got here with a subtropical Queensland wardrobe!) and vowed to come back once I have received my first pay check!
Well. As you can see I had a wonderful week of me time and am very very happy.



This morning Craig flew back to Canberra for work and I flew back to Brisbane. There is quite a bit of work to do in the house before my parents arrive on Friday. At the moment our spare room is so crammed with boxes and other stuff that I cannot even pull out the sofabed!