I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to spend the last three months living and working in Melbourne. Melbourne started as an unknown place to me, going from “Where is that place and is it real?” to “I can imagine myself living here.” Before we jump into the best parts of the Melbourne experience, here is a [...]
Monthly Archive for June, 2010
Melburnians like grammatical laziness
Posted in travels on Jun 26th, 2010
The barista quickly slurs: “Howyagoinalright?” My face quickly twitches into a “Huh?”, as I draw a blank face. Panic! Did a lapse of time just occur? Did I completely zone out for a second? I missed a key word that would make that sentence comprehendible and complete! Was the question “How are you going somewhere”? [...]
To Melburnians, Sydney and their citizens Sydneysiders are the Americans of Australia. Naturally, this amuses me, as we Canadians refer to the USA as Canada’s underwear. Michelle and I arrived a Saturday morning to rainy Sydney, where we were immediately wooed by an expensive $15 AUD train ticket from the airport to the city. By [...]
After spending two months in Melbourne, I figure I’d get out and see the rest of Australia. Michelle and I (along with my other fellow imported workers Lindsay and Ruby) went to Cairns in Queensland. Cairns (Australians pronounce this as “Caans”… the ‘i’ and ‘r’ is silent) is a little tropical wonder in Australia. Its [...]