We’ve been dealing with a lot of this lately… It’s easy to forget that it’s winter down here when last week graced us with a few days of 60 degree weather. Then reality hits and brings everything back to normal. I.e. 50 degrees and overcast with a constant threat of rain. We are wrapping up […]
The Joy of Cooking…
…in a half furnished kitchen. Adam has been extremely busy with work, pulling lots of late nighters followed by lots of early mornings. Add in that he just recently got over a head cold and it was clear that he could use some home-baked snacks. A good old sugar indulgence. I had been hearing a […]
Being, Fortunately, American
Living outside of the U.S., even for just a month, where you are not surrounded by your fellow countrypeople (I refuse to use countryMEN…yea, go cry about it!) can push you to really hold tight to your roots. Perhaps this is a type of defense to the always asked question: so where are you from? […]
Say it with me: “Mel-Bin”
The Rosetta Stone has a mini version of itself called “Aussie for Dummies”…or if they don’t, they should. Although Australia is technically an English speaking country (though no official language exists) walking through the city you would beg to differ. Melbourne (“Mel-Bin”) is an extremely diverse city teeming with every nationality you can think of. […]
Lions, Tigers and Rock-Throwers
Not to mention a few kangaroos, koalas, emus, platypus’, tons of monkeys, apes, gorillas and quite a few humans. The Melbourne Zoo was our first official “I’m going to be a tourist today” outing that consisted of us leaving the immediate vicinity of Melbourne proper. St. Kilda doesn’t count only because they don’t charge admission […]
Empty Nest
What a difference having guests in your home, even for a short while, can make. Who came all the way to Australia just to visit us you ask??? Well, no one *ahem*, let me back up a bit… Once upon a time a little website called couchsurfing was created with the intention to make the […]
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Wow what a great and busy couple of weeks this has been. Our two week anniversary of living Down Under was on Friday. In that time we have (and still are) hosted a couple of German women in our apartment, had dinner with an American couple from our meetup group and explored the beach area […]
The Others
It turns out that we are not the only Americans living in Melbourne – shocker, I know – shortly before arriving here I joined a social group for American expats in order to provide a slice of home away from home as well as to meet some fun folks to spend time with out here. […]