Laura's Down Under!

I arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday, Aug 5th! I had a fabulous flight (I love flying) and even had three seats to myself on the long 11 hour flight! I used all the cushions to make a lovely bed. Everyone around me was very jealous. I spent my first three nights couch surfing (see the website here) with these awesome two Aussie girls. They laid out a great mattress for me near the heater (it's 10 degrees Celsius here!) and it was more comfortable than my Taiwanese mattress! Just today I settled into a room in a share house for a week.

As it's quite cold here and I'm generally the type of live-in, long-term, make-a-nest-first type of traveler I'm now looking for a temporary job in Melbourne as well as accomodation. I'd love to be a barista for a while so I'm going to visit cafes next week and see how it goes.

In regards to the city, I LOVE MELBOURNE! Especially coming from Taiwan, it feels like I've just come home. Not that it's like Southern Ontario, but that I felt at home right when the plane landed. Being surrounded by English again (albeit crazy accents) feels so great and I'm in love with the food, coffee, culture, style, everything! I don't have any exciting stories yet or pictures (in fact, I haven't taken any!) but all in good time.