recent happenings in Melbourne

So I continue to work like a crazy person, but mostly at night, so I've had my days free to do some fun stuff.

Last week I caught up with a fellow traveller, Marlies, a Dutch girl I met in the Northern Territory. She's been in Melbourne for a couple of weeks, staying with a friend, so we met in neutral territory and had breakfast in Richmond, at the Sass Cafe:

Marlies enjoying her latte on Bridge Road

After breakfast we went across the road to Cotton On and bought some cheap clothes. Yay!

Tuesday last week marked my 6 month anniversary in Australia, so fellow American Courtney and I went out to celebrate. We started at Andrew's Hamburgers, in Albert Park, which is supposed to be the best burgers in Melbourne.



I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, and Courtney went full on with "the lot" which involves the usual hamburger suspects plus egg and bacon. Some places include beetroot with "the lot" but not Andrew's.

y
yum!

After lunch, we decided to head into the city for a movie. I took a picture of the tram and tram stop, for those of you curious:


At the movies (we saw Inception, which was great), Courtney tried her first Choc-top, an Australian movie-going tradition:
who doesn't love ice cream at the movies?

Then yesterday, my lovely housemate Morgan and I made a day of it in Fitzroy, an uber-trendy suburb north of the city. We first went and got $20 haircuts at the Biba Academy - what a bargain!


We went to breakfast at the Atomica Cafe, which was delicious, but both of us wished our coffees had been hotter. We asked our waitress to point us towards a movie theatre (or cinema!), and she gave us some vague directions and off we went. We stopped along the way at a post office because I wanted to mail a postcard. It was kind of musty smelling and weird, so Morgan waited outside, a decision she may have regretted. While standing in line, I heard some sort of crazy commotion outside, and knew Morgan had to be involved (this always happens to her). When I finished buying my stamp, I went outside and apparently a woman with Tourettes had accosted Morgan and called her a bunch of very foul names. Oh, Melbourne! You are a crazy place!

We found Cinema Nova on Lygon Street in Carlton, the Italian district. Tuesday is usually cheap movie day in Melbourne, but not at Cinema Nova, so we paid $18 to see Toy Story 3. But we had the theatre to ourselves, Morgan had a beer, and the seats were really big and nice - like armchairs! Maybe I'll go back on cheap Monday!

After the movie we wandered down Lygon Street looking for a place to get a drink and a snack, but made it all the way into the city before ending up at Mr Tulk, which is the cafe attached to the State Library of Victoria.

I guess the R is missing!

our drinks - Coopers Original Pale Ale!

And that's the roundup! Have some visitors this weekend, and next weekend is Jaki's birthday, so there should be some fun pictures. See you then!

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  1. Michelle4 August 2010 at 15:11

    Hey Christina, Good to hear what you are up to. I think I will in Melbourne next month for work. I will keep you posted.
    Shell

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