Melba toast is a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pâté. And it has nothing to do with this blog post.
This post is about MELBOURNE (Melb)!
I really really really enjoyed Melbourne! What a fabulous city! This post will basically be me writing a promotional tourism advert.
So, what’s there to love about Melbourne?
Architecture
It’s old enough that it has a rich history and beautiful period buildings which are mixed in with modern development. The Victorian influence is stylistically interesting. I especially enjoyed the little houses in the Fitzroy neighbourhood.
Food
Oh. em. gee. The food. The food is fabulous. I was staying quite close to Chinatown so I had a million little hole in the wall Asian places within a two block radius.
There’s also a great bar scene and plenty of funky spots around town.
Arts n’ Culture
Melb has a vibrant arts and culture scene from what I could tell. Firstly, it is a hot spot for street art and underground art movements. I was lucky enough to be there during the Melbourne International Arts Festival and went to see a play one evening.
There’s also lots of places that do live music, and best thing I noticed was the large amount of karaoke places! yesss!
Transportation
The engineering nerd in me was absolutely drooling in Melb. It has one the world’s oldest tram systems and some of the trams are still ghetto fabulous 80’s style.
The cycling infrastructure and public spaces were excellent too. In general, it was a very easy city to move around in.
Aminals
I went to the ZOO!
Personal highlights included the lions and penguins.
The people
What is a city but for it’s people? Well, Melb is full of people! People who are hipster, friendly and happy to the point of concern. It was a great place for people watching.
Maybe I am still reeling from a hilarious incident that occurred at the Arbory Bar and Bistro. I was sitting alone at the long bar table looking out over the Yarra River finishing up my drink when a man came and asked me, “are you Alexa?” I told him I wasn’t and then a very awkward fit of laughter and brief confusion ensued. “Oh, sorry… I was just… looking for someone.” Clearly this dude was trying to meet up with a Tinder date but didn’t have a great grasp of what poor sweet Alexa looked like… yikes! Anyway, it was pretty hilarious.
Old pals
I met my friend Ciara for lunch at an establishment called ‘Naked for Satan’ – no joke, that was what it was called. It had a really nice rooftop view, good food and great prices on exorcisms.
We walked around the Fitzroy neighbourhood and then she showed me where she is staying, at our mutual friend Ryan’s place. Unfortunately, Ryan was out of town when I was there.
Toilet things
There seems to be no shortage of creativity in the public toilets of Melbourne.
DOTD
An Idiot Broad Abroad 