Today I slept in really long, you know the way that only I can. It is such a wonderful feeling, laying in bed knowing you don't really have to get up at all if you don't want to. Ah.
Suddenly Henrik rattles me and says we are suppose to meet up with Emma. She's been working but wasn't feeling that great because of some painkillers, and she asked if we wanted to keep her company for lunch. I don't know if I've written this already, but Emma lives on the same block as we do, but on the opposite side. The centre of Melbourne is very square, meaning it sorta looks like the straight lines of New York. There are alleyways and shortcuts here and there though, which often contains hidden bars, restaurants or small shops. For lunch today we ate hamburgers that were really awesome, from the small resaurant named Grill'd. It was really nice and even though it was raining it was a good way to start the day.
We sat at Grill'd for some time, jsut chatting and eating, and when we decided to leave the rain had stopped. I have to tell you guys a little about the Melbourne weather. The saying goes that Melbourne can have all four seasons, all on the same day. It could be pissing down on the morning, super warm and sunny in the middle of the day, only to grow really cold and windy at night. It is both nice and annoying. Nice because you know that if you wait some, the weather will eventually get better. Annoying because you know that the nice weather isn't lasting.
So after we ate we went to Fitzroy gardens. We walked arounf, looked at stuff and just enjoyed some sunny weather. We saw a tiny city, a fairy sanctuary, and some modern art.
Tiny city
Fairy sanctuary
After strolling through the park, we descided something to drink was in order. We went to Naked for Satan, a four story bar with a rooftop view, located in the Bronswick area. The view was amazing and I descided to go for their own "Naked for Satan Ale", which I sort of regretted. I have come to the conclusion that some beers are sweeter, and I don't like it. At all. Oh, and the name, Naked for Satan, isn't as bad as it sounds. It was actually a guy named Satanovic that opened the shop, and it was on a really hot summers day. A couple of the waitresses were kind of lighty clothed because of the heat and that's where the name comes from. At least that's what the bartender said.
On a side note, Me drinking beer is weird in its own. Before leaving Sweden I NEVER drank beer. I thought it was disgusting. A mixture between metal and piss as I used to say. That has all changed here. I now don't only drink beer, I actually think it's ok. Maybe it's because Rekorderliga Cider and Kopparbergs Cider is really expensive here. I mean, it isn't uncommon for one Rekorderliga bottle of cider to cost between eight and twelve dollars, or more (that's times 6,5 people back home).
Anyway, I snapped some photos of the view, and I also snapped some photos of some of the graffiti! I realised after looking through my last post that I mentioned it but that I actually never showed you guys anything. I'll try to have a few in the next posts so you know what I'm talking about.
These are just a few I thought were cool. I'll try to update later as I said and show you some more ones.
We finished the day by eating pasta bolougnese at Emma's, before heading back to our hostel. At Emma's I asked one of the guys how much he had paid for his little guitar. Turns out he payed 20 $ at K-mart. Guess where I'm going tomorrow?
Cya fools!
PS. Per, if you are reading this, you would have loved one of the stores.
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