Yesterday was our first rainy day in Melbourne. It wasn't a hard rain, but it was on and off all day.
Nice day to relax by the fireplace.
A first for me was that I "borrowed" an ebook from the Hamilton Library. Isn't technology fantastic. Here I am on the other side of the globe, reading a book that I just borrowed. All on my iPad. Amazing!
We did some house cleaning, just to see what will be involved when we leave.
Daylight savings time arrived in Australia today, so now we are 15 hours ahead. That means I have to wait till Tuesday afternoon to find out who won the Monday Night football game. Life is tough.
It was cool today, high of 16, and cloudy. We visited the city again, and found out that for the next week, seniors travel FREE on all city transports. What a nice present.
Australia is amazing with all the free offerings. The Botanical Gardens are free, so are all the museums and National galleries.
Today was the last day of the Spring School break, and there have been all kinds of free performances. We toured the Docklands today, and caught a great show by an Australian rhythm and blues guitarist and singer, Lloyd Spiegel. Just a drummer, his acoustic guitar, and his voice. It was great. I don't think I have seen, or heard, a better guitarist. He was amazing. He even sang Ronnie Hawkins' "Who do you love". A very enjoyable hour.
Another nice feature, for visitors to the city is a free tourist bus that takes you on an hour and a half tour of the city. It's a nice way to see the main points, and there are 13 stops, where you can get on and off.
There is also a free city loop trolley which circles the inner city, which is also on-off.
I still have to rave about the trains. The are like our Go trains, but much more numerous. There are 12 different lines into the city from various directions. Some come from so far out that it takes an hour from the terminal station to down-town. That would be like 12 Go train lines into Union Station. And the maximum is 7 dollars a day, 3.60 for seniors. Wouldn't that be nice. And they are fast!
I should make a correction about the cost of food. Meat prices are reasonable, lamb is a lot cheaper here. The quality of the meat products, eggs, cheese and milk is superior to Canada. I don't get the impression that there are factory farms, everything is much more local.
Fruit is more expensive, and so are baked goods, and coffee.
But the quality is high.
Have fun,
Ralf
Nice day to relax by the fireplace.
A first for me was that I "borrowed" an ebook from the Hamilton Library. Isn't technology fantastic. Here I am on the other side of the globe, reading a book that I just borrowed. All on my iPad. Amazing!
We did some house cleaning, just to see what will be involved when we leave.
Daylight savings time arrived in Australia today, so now we are 15 hours ahead. That means I have to wait till Tuesday afternoon to find out who won the Monday Night football game. Life is tough.
It was cool today, high of 16, and cloudy. We visited the city again, and found out that for the next week, seniors travel FREE on all city transports. What a nice present.
Australia is amazing with all the free offerings. The Botanical Gardens are free, so are all the museums and National galleries.
Today was the last day of the Spring School break, and there have been all kinds of free performances. We toured the Docklands today, and caught a great show by an Australian rhythm and blues guitarist and singer, Lloyd Spiegel. Just a drummer, his acoustic guitar, and his voice. It was great. I don't think I have seen, or heard, a better guitarist. He was amazing. He even sang Ronnie Hawkins' "Who do you love". A very enjoyable hour.
Another nice feature, for visitors to the city is a free tourist bus that takes you on an hour and a half tour of the city. It's a nice way to see the main points, and there are 13 stops, where you can get on and off.
There is also a free city loop trolley which circles the inner city, which is also on-off.
I still have to rave about the trains. The are like our Go trains, but much more numerous. There are 12 different lines into the city from various directions. Some come from so far out that it takes an hour from the terminal station to down-town. That would be like 12 Go train lines into Union Station. And the maximum is 7 dollars a day, 3.60 for seniors. Wouldn't that be nice. And they are fast!
I should make a correction about the cost of food. Meat prices are reasonable, lamb is a lot cheaper here. The quality of the meat products, eggs, cheese and milk is superior to Canada. I don't get the impression that there are factory farms, everything is much more local.
Fruit is more expensive, and so are baked goods, and coffee.
But the quality is high.
Have fun,
Ralf
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