Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was a more eventful day on and off the track. I went over to the Crown Casino Sports Bar for 10am and was lucky enough to get the UCONN game on the big screen tv. I’ve watched their last few games here and every time I have gotten the game, with audio, on the big screen all to myself. It’s been awesome! UCONN played another great game and Kemba Walker was just ridiculous again. The Huskies…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was my first experience with Formula 1 Grand Prix. It started out with a very early rise to catch the tram over to Albert Park for gates opening at 8am. Lisa had ordered the tickets for us and we have GP Advantage tickets which meant we were able to go in earlier than everyone else and have breakfast and take a walk down the pit lane. It was very cool to see the different teams putting…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was a VERY long day. I woke up at 6:30am and showered and got all ready to go. The train was only 10 minutes late, so I figured we were off to a good start. The train was scheduled to take 11 hours to get to Melbourne, but I thought I would see some nice scenery on the way. I was warned by a lot of people that there was nothing to look at on the…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia So I was supposed to fly up to Cairns this morning for a 3+ week trip around the north east coast of Australia, including a sailing trip through the Whitsunday Islands. Unfortunately, a category 5 (yes, that’s the worst there is) cyclone decided to come through that exact area today starting at noon! Yesterday involved calling the airline, every hostel I had booked going down the coast and the cruise company trying to reschedule everything for a…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia So the Australian Open is finished and I’ve definitely gotten my fill of tennis! After the four nights in the Rod Laver Arena, we were in the Hisense Arena for the next four days, then we had ground passes for the quarters, the semis and the finals. I got to see almost all of the top tennis players in the world. The only men’s player I didn’t get to see was Rafael Nadal. I saw Roger Federer…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Monday night was the first night of the Australian Open, which was perfect timing considering I needed to get my mind of the Patriots blunder of a game that morning. We headed down to Melbourne Park a little earlier than we had to so we could have a look around and familiarize ourselves with the complex we would be spending the next two weeks in. It is a huge place with over twenty courts, included two arenas…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia I packed up my stuff and left the Crossley Hotel at 10am sharp on Saturday morning. I was off to pick up the keys to the new apartment and I wasn’t going to waste a second! Lisa and I were in the apartment by 11am and I was absolutely thrilled! The rest of Saturday was spent unpacking, doing much-needed loads of laundry, picking up groceries and other necessities, and relaxing in our new pad. We are up…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia I haven’t done a lot over the last few days, but they have managed to be very eventful anyway. I went to see The Tourist on Sunday night, which was very good. I enjoy watching movies that take place in cities I have visited. This movie brought back memories of my trip through Italy with my Dad in 2006. I never got to meet Angelina Jolie and get caught up in a web of lies, but I…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Yesterday was a big day of apartment hunting for Lisa and me. We got off to a rough start though. We went out for breakfast and got to 107 Little Lonsdale Street about 10 minutes early for our 10am viewing. We waited around until just after 10am before calling the agent Mariam only to find out we were at the wrong address. Apparently in Oz they write addresses as apt number AND THEN building number, rather than…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia I arrived into Melbourne on Wednesday morning at about 10am, and was very happy to see that Southwest had somehow managed to get my bag over to the Qantas flight before we took off. So that meant I wasn’t going to have to spend my first couple of days walking around in the same pair of jeans that I’d just worn for 36 hours on my way to Oz. Good for me, and great for everyone around…