This morning I woke up bright and early and went to the gym, where I thought it would be mobbed but it was completely empty. I guess Sunday morning is the perfect time to go to the gym and not embarrass myself with how little I know about the equipment I'm using besides the treadmill. Afterwards I decided to take a walk into the giant graveyard across the street from my apartment building, the biggest graveyard I've ever seen. It was literally the same size as my campus, which holds 45,000 students. It was hauntingly beautiful but also very creepy with how many graves there were. They are also all above ground graves, and many of them are falling apart, so all I could think about was how if I just dug through the dirt a little bit I could find a dead body. I took tons of pictures of fallen graves and things I thought were really cool, so I'll post those on facebook soon! Being myself, I totally got lost in the graveyard and ended up hiking around at least a good two miles longer than I had to in order to get back to the road. For a graveyard that big, it should really have more than like three exits.
Eventually I found my way and ended up wandering around Carlton a little bit. It turns out there is a convenience store literally right next to my building and I had no idea. The prices are a bit steep, but if it's dark, I'd rather go there for milk the next morning than walk all the way to Woolworths. This definitely could save me a lot of time!
After my adventures in Carlton, two arcadia people and I went on a photoshoot around uni campus (again, pictures posted soon!) We were waiting for a nice day to do it, and today was perfect as it was absolutely beautiful out! It's weird how it is the dead of winter here yet a sweater and a skirt is perfectly acceptable to wear and still be warm, yet some days I wear everything I brought and I'm still freezing. Crazy Australian weather.
The night finished off with our weekly Sunday Night Dinner, where a delicious chicken alfredo was made. Then someone surprised us all with tim tams and the night was complete! Back to school for week two tomorrow, I hope I have a better Monday than I did last week!
Carlton is great - I usually stay here on Drummond Street: http://www.drummondapartments.com.au as it's just down the road from Melbourne Uni.
ReplyDeleteAlso on Drummond Street is a Safeway (equivalent to Coles/Woolworths). It's tucked away in a little alcove next to the underground car park and past La Mama's theatre - it's open 7am-midnight, seven days a week.
Cinema Nova is on Lygon Street, which is a fun one just to walk up and down, counting the coffee shops. Check out the bookstore Readings (although browsing is probably a better idea) and go to the hamburger fast food joint 'Grill'd' at350 Lygon Street.
Brunetti's is on Faraday Street. If you go there early, and head to the far back of the dining area on the right, you'll find a powerpoint for a laptop and they don't seem to mind if you sit there with a coffee and cake. Beware the cake. Beware all the cakes. You will die, but die happy.