David Down Under - Melbourne

On Thursday last week we made the quick 50ish minute flight over to Melbourne.  Vlad's friend, Emily, has a place there and offered to let us stay with her and pick us up from the airport.  That was amazing!

Emily, along with her roommate Alma, Vlad, and I headed into the city on Friday to wander around. Melbourne doesn't really have any big monuments to see but the city itself is just neat.  We grabbed "a feed" at this little cafe that had amazing chicken burgers.  Apparently one of the things to do in Melbourne is walk down a small alley and eat.  The alley was lined with restaurants and in the middle were tables.  Everything was fairly cramped but it was fun and delicious.

Restaurants on the side, eating in the middle

That night Vlad and I would be headed to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to see another game of AFL football. Before heading to the game, we stopped at this really cool bar called Goldilocks recommended by my sister's friend's fiancé who is from Melbourne.  We had to go through a Chinese restaurant and up 4 floors in a lift to get into the bar.  The second floor of the bar was a rooftop and offered some amazing views of the close in city. Sadly the wind made it freezing cold but the outdoor heaters helped.

Goldilocks

We then made the walk to the footy.  The stadium was huge and packed. The atmosphere along with the game made for a good time.  Being fairly tired on the way back, we got on the wrong train and ended up pretty far from where we needed to be.  Unfortunately trains had stopped going in the other direction but Emily was amazing and came to pick us up.  Vlad and I have traveled together consecutively for about a month’s worth of time and this was our biggest mess up.  That's pretty good if I do say so myself.

Beer, pie, and footy.  Can't get much better than this

Back in town on Saturday, we headed to the art museum followed by the Eureka Sky Tower.  The tower is the tallest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere and goes up 88 stories.  The view was pretty amazing.  

That night we had a big and great time out in Melbourne. 

Sunday was a little bit of a slow start due to the night before but we eventually got back to town and wandered around.  We ended up going to the Royal Crown Casino to check it out since it's the largest casino in the Southern Hemisphere.  Now if you've read any of my other travel blog things you'll know that everywhere I go, there's some sort of torrential downpour or snowstorm.  I thought I was going to get away without it happening in Australia but unfortunately on the walk to the casino, it poured.  Luckily it stopped for our way back but wow we got wet. 

Our flight back to Adelaide was early the next day and Emily was able to take us back to the airport.  Massive thanks to Emily and Alma for being awesome and letting us stay with them and showing us around Melbourne!

 That's all for now.  Bye.