Melbourne!

I have arrived safely in Melbourne! After my six hour layover in LAX, Maura showed up to sit next to me on the flight and witness me vomiting in a trashcan while we were waiting in line to board. (Apparently I caught a virus the day before I left for my trip and have been feeling feverish/nauseous/achey which made my flight extra miserable.)

Maura and I are at our hostel and have been wandering around exploring Melbourne all day and found this cool hipster neighborhood - I'm very anti-hipster typically but since these hipsters are foreign they don't bother me. The weather has been perfect - around 75 degrees and clear with a little bit of a breeze. Since it's summer here, it's 8pm and still completely sunny out. I am very content. Here's a blurry (I was trying to be discreet) picture of the inside of a bar we went to for tea (I'm laying off drinking until I feel better):


We went to the grocery store which was much better equipped than the ones I'm used to from Spain, which really puts to rest my concerns of not being able to get enough fruit/food I enjoy/things that aren't comprised mainly of ham. Our hostelmates seem really nice, and there is a free wine and cheese party downstairs in a little bit but since Maura and I are both feeling jetlagged and sick, I think we're going to stay in. Apparently, the Aussies are super into biodynamics and organic products - we saw tons of advertisements for biodynamic flour for sale and this sign in a small Vietnamese-run corner store:


Here are some random pictures I took walking around today:











Hope you all are enjoying winter