Melbourne Madness
October 9, 2008After arriving back in Adelaide on Monday afternoon, I had more sleep that night than I did the entire weekend! It wasn’t some marathon sleep effort either, just a bit more than the standard 8 hours a night some people recommend. So as you can imagine, the weekend was pretty big and took a lot out of me, and now, even on Thursday, I still find myself short on sleep. Do I regret it though? No, not at all. I’m feeling the effects of it now, my body is tired both physically and mentally, I have a headache, and am starting to get a cold, but I know that it was all self inflicted and will power through it all and know that it was all worthwhile for the memories we have made.
Our weekend started on Friday, and as we headed to the airport we were all so excited and couldn’t wait to get on that plane. Once we were up in the air the flight was fairly short and we arrived in Melbourne and made our way to the hotel, and checked in. First stop after that was heading to the supermarket and bottle shop to get supplies for the weekend, which mainly consisted of Doritos (for making nachos), the salsa to go with it, some pita bread and dip, soft drinks, and alcohol. It all served us well.
Friday night we headed out to a club and partied our way to early hours of the morning before finally heading back to the hotel, having a couple of hours sleep, and waking up again to head out and explore the city for the day. Wandering the streets was a good idea as it got us out in the fresh air and we were able to walk our big night off so we could do it all again. We made our way around, checking out a lot of different places, and checking out all the different shops and factory outlets we found.
Later that night we ventured to our good friend Krissy’s new place in Melbourne to catch up with her and meet some of her friends, and of course, knock back a few drinks with her. After a couple of hours there we headed out to a pub/club for drinks, music, dancing, and friends. It was a good night, until we got lost walking home from the Crown Casino, but still, made for a good adventure and stories to go with it.
Sunday was a whole new day, and we woke slightly later than the previous just so our bodies didn’t hate us quite so much. We made it down to Chapel Street for a late breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, tomato & mushrooms, and damn it was good. This put us in good stead for the rest of the day for more shopping and exploring the city. We ended up heading back to Smith Street to the Converse factory outlet so we could get some new kicks. (See picture of mine below).
Sunday night was our chance to get dressed up, and go out for a nice meal to treat ourselves while we party and visit another city. We went to a little place on Fitzroy Street in St. Kilda and most of us ordered steak, which we had been talking about for half of the weekend! It was good too, we were very impressed and made for a good night as we headed out to party away our last night in Melbourne.
Monday morning came and what shit weather it was, cold and raining, a big contrast to the rest of the weekend we had already had which was very nice indeed. We packed up all our gear, said our goodbyes to Kate, as she was staying the rest of the week, grabbed some breakfast before catching our bus to the airport. As we arrived at the airport early before check-in, out came the Uno cards, and so did our rowdy ways, making noise and having people stare and laugh as we acted like big kids in the middle of the airport. We eventually checked in, made our way through the gates and got our horde of Krispy Kreme doughnuts before playing some more Uno and then boarding the plane for our trip home. The weekend had come to an end, all of us a little worse for wear, but happy with the our adventures. Now, to plan the next trip…