4 weeks into my 6 week trip and I haven't given a real update on my thoughts other than some small blurbs on my photo blog which can be found here
Melbourne:
I started the trip with 2 weeks in Melbourne for holiday. Melbourne is one of the best cities that I have ever spent time in. I knew it was a great city to live in before and this trip just reconfirmed that it's so easy to fall in love with Melbourne. It's green, it has the ocean, it's multi-cultural, it's temperate, traffic isn't bad, people are friendly and there are tons of things to see and do. Also, the transit system is lightyears ahead of Toronto, even though Melbourne's population is only 3.7M, about half that of Toronto!
That pretty much explains the city itself. As for my time there, it was great. Firstly, it was real nice to spend time with my mom. It had been 4 years since I last saw her so it was a good reunion and we had a chance to spend ample time with each other. She worked most days for several hours and I would drop her off and afterwards, I was free to roam the city and explore.
All in all, it was a wonderful 2 weeks and I was sad to leave but also curious to see how the other cities I was going to visit would stack up in comparison to Melbourne....Stay tuned and I'll tell you about my next part of the trip: Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand.
Highlights of Melbourne:
- Seeing my mom
- Seeing cousins/relatives and their cute kids!
- Great Ocean Drive trip (12 Apostles!)
- Day trip to Phillip Island (Koalas!)
- Petting and feeding Kangaroos in Ballarat
- Making $500 at the Crown Casino!
- Walking around southbank, the main harbourfront of Melbourne
- Learning to drive on the left
- Photographing the city!
- Eating the biggest shrimps I have ever seen
- Eating some of the best chinese food I've ever had
- Doing a hook-turn (like making a left-turn in Canada from the right-most lane)
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