Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Last Tuesday night, Ryan and I took the train from Lilydale (15 minutes from where we live) into Melbourne to go see Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at the Forum in Melbourne. I had been looking forward to this concert since before arriving in Australia - my ticket had been folded in my wallet since December. Ryan and I made some German-inspired cocktails for the train ride: chilled white wine and sparkling water since it was so hot out. After arriving in Melbourne, we were en route to the Forum when we met a fellow american: Dallas, from Tennessee. Dallas was also going to the concert, but didn't have any friends with him (I would have been doing the same thing if Ryan hadn't bought a ticket the day before), so we incorporated him into our posse and had a great time hanging out with him all night. Here's a video of the beginning of the concert:

Afterwards, we went down the street to get some beers under the assumption that trains back to Lilydale run late. We were totally wrong. We drunkenly arrived at the train station around 2am and were confused by the janitors everywhere cleaning things. We also couldn't physically get to any trains because there were metal gates blocking off access to the train platforms. And there weren't actually any trains at the station.

So, Ryan and I went outside and immediately hailed a cab. We told the driver we needed to get to Lilydale (about an hour away from Melbourne) and he said it would cost us $100 up-front. I asked if he would do it for $60 and he agreed since he was heading out that way anyway. I took a nice nap in the back of the cab and then Ryan - who was sober at this point - drove us home from Lilydale: getting a crash-course in driving on the wrong side of the road.

I got in bed around 5:15 am. Ryan and I had an amazing night, the concert was one of the best I've ever been to, and we got to hang out with Dallas.

We miss Dallas.