This is a very sad relevation (and shock to most others) but I had never been to Melbourne before the previous weekend . I’ve been to one part of Asia (Hong Kong to be exact) and some parts of both Europe and the United States of America, but never have I ventured past the NSW border. Having heard so many fantastic things about Melbourne (from Melburnians and Sydneysiders) I was ECSTATIC (!!!) when my close friend J proposed to go to Melbourne for the long weekend for her birthday.
We were fortunate enough to stay in the heart of the CBD (cnr of Little Bourke and Queen St) and wondered around the CBD for hours on our first day. We also checked out Chapel St (of course), Chinatown, Crown Casino (for my Melburnian friend’s birthday), Queen Victoria Markets (our version of Paddy’s markets!), Flinders Lane and Brunswick St. My favourite place that we ate at was definitely at Bimbo’s Deluxe, which was a friend of D’s recommended but we found accidentally when walking back along Brunswick St. Flavoured Russian Standard vodkas +$4 pizzas, what more can you ask for!
Unlike Sydney, alleys weren’t scary looking at all, and walls were covered by beautiful graffiti artworks and not just graffiti tags. As the title of this blog suggest, I learned the art of patience. Overall, the pace in Melbourne is very laid-back and much slower than that in Sydney. We found that in general service was slower, albeit customer service or our food order to come out. We discovered ‘hook turns’ whilst being driven around in a taxi and turning right from a left lane and when the light goes red (one particular taxi driver thought us Sydneysiders were stupid because we were questioning the hook turns. Isn’t it easier to turn left in a left lane and right in a right lane?).
Seriously, 3 days wasn’t enough to eat, drink (did alot of that!) and see everything that Melbourne has to offer. There definitely will a next trip (in the near future) to visit Melbourne again, hopefully along Great Ocean Drive!
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