after spending some time in brisbane, chiz and i finally headed to melbourne… our new home.
we stayed with chiz’ friends, richard, lenny and their son, oscar. their house is still being built by richard himself! he is an architect and he has designed their own home. their house is about an hour train ride from the city. if you are lucky, you can see kangaroos sunbathing on the hills in their neighborhood! you can also see rabbits jumping around and different kinds of birds flying in the sky. their neighborhood is like a small country town, yet it has the benefits of being close to australia’s second largest city.
not only have they been generous enough to let us stay with them while we are trying to find our own apartment, but they have also cooked many great meals for us! they are both very good cooks. they also like to try new restaurants, and they took us to a great little spot for chiz’ birthday. it was in another small town not far away. it had great food and live country music. the town had some nice shops, including a bakery that sold sourdough rye bread that we enjoyed. it was nice to explore and discover the areas outside of the city before making our move into it.
we spent much of our time researching apartments and many long days in the city doing inspections. the city is beautiful and has a great vibe to it. it’s also quite expensive and can be difficult to navigate due to different cultural ways of doing things. we are looking forward to getting to know the city better as we live in the heart of it soon enough…
wow kangaroos! very cool. their house is lovely. i can’t wait to see the pix of your new pad!