Collingwood
The plane ride was smooth, bus and taxi in Melbourne, too, and so I arrived in my new home in Collingwood, at the border to Fitzroy and in walking distance of all my favorite spots, Sircuit, The Peel, Wet… Lisa and Sara greeted me, and so did Action, their cute doggie, jumping up and down […] Read More
Back to Melbourne
Back to Melbourne, to stay there for a whole month. So looking forward to it. Seeing my friends again, hanging out at Sircuit, swimming in Fitzroy, seeing a couple of Midsumma events…. Here are the details: Flight 42: Adelaide to Melbourne Date: 17/01/2015 QF686 ADL to MEL Airline: Qantas Plane: Boeing 737-800 Distance flown: 511 Miles Duration: 1h06 Read More
Melbourne (the return)
Few places have made a bigger impact on me than Melbourne, if any. I was drawn to this city long before I actually set foot in it, not knowing where that came from. Maybe stories from friends, articles I had read and forgotten about but had anchored the city in my subconscious mind. So when […] Read More
The Indian Pacific Railway
I have one week in Perth, then I’ll hop on The Indian Pacific Railway and travel two days through the Western Australian Desert, to Adelaide. I just booked my ticket, 569 Australian Dollars in total – I paid a bit more (current lowest is 329 AUD) to make sure I’ll get a window seat. I mean, […] Read More
Where’s home?
After traveling for over ten months now, I often start to ask myself: where is home? I have visited so many places. Just to recall, I have been to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Valparaiso, San Francisco, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and all through New Zealand, Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Zurich, […] Read More
31/03/2015
I did it. After months of thinking, pondering, discussing with friends, calculating my budget, and endless discussions with myself, I have sent off my request to Human Resources for the extension of my unpaid leave, and informed my former bosses. I am extending this trip a little, into spring 2015, and should be back to work […] Read More
Matariki
After 6 months on the southern hemisphere, I finally made it to a planetarium…. What I wanted to do already in the first week, but scrapped because of language issues, children’s programs of some comic figures hopping on the moon, renovations or the usual I’ll do that tomorrow…. It was worth it. We had a […] Read More
Best of Melbourne
And here’s my best-of-Melbourne: Best part/scene/place: Fitzroy. No doubt. The smallest postal code area in Australia, but it has all it needs. After five weeks I had only discovered a fraction of its bars, restaurants and cafés. Best drink (alcoholic): Thursday 2$-Schooner at Sircuit. All you need. Before 9 pm. Then the price goes up! Best restaurant: The Newmarket […] Read More
Aussie spending
Aussie money is colorful, by the way. And made out of plastic, with a see-through security window. I liked the feel of it. It’s pretty nice to handle. You have to get used to the coins though, some comedian had the brilliant idea to make them smaller the bigger the value… Australia has been expensive. […] Read More