Mebourne in 3 Days - 28 to 31st of May 2008

After a 12 hours bus journey between Sydney and Melbourne I arrived at the bus station where I got offered a free lift from a travel agency:(Az Travels) to my hostel... I will be staying for 3 nights at the Ritz for Backpackers located on Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. When I first walked in the hostel the first feeling I got was very similar to when I first went to the Wood Duck a small and cosy hostel, which is what I was hoping for :)... a bit tired from my bus journey I decided to head straight to bed and have a little nap before starting walking around the city.
Lucky I was to find some free pancakes left over from the free Morning Breakfast and hmm they actualy realy were yummi :D. Today I take it as my first day of holiday so easy and I walk mainly around St Kilda which would be the equivalent of Bondi in Sydney only less crowdy! There was a nice promenade along the beach and Fitzroy Street was full of little shops, it was really quiet mainly due to the fact we were in Winter! Once I am finished discovering this quiet beach village I headed back to the hostel and started meeting a few people from the hostel. Well as I am travelling by myself it's part of my daily life to meet new people ;). The next couple of days I walked around Melbourne City used the free bus which goes all around the city, went to the very famous Victoria s market where I bought: Nothing ;) discovered the amazing streets recommended by my Lonely Planet: Desgraves Street and Brunswick Street. Went out at night with few friends from the hostel... well holidays :D
I did hear a lot of Melbourne: You will love it, very nice city, much more human size than Sydney.. and it's really what I felt there. It's a city where the Culture and Arts are a lot more present than in Sydney nobody feels like they need to be someone and therefore have to own such things or wear such clothes. So Yeah Melbourne is getting into my Top 5 cities :D
Anyway back to my 3 days.. I had a really good time there it was a nice rest before starting my trip and after working like crazy over the past 2 months in Sydney. I met some great people, very friendly partied a bit too much the last night which meant 1 hour sleep before starting my 18 days bus tour to Darwin... (It sounded like a fun idea at that time ;))