I am still enjoying Melbourne a lot – it is definitely a really great place and it has just been awarded again the world’s most liveable city by The Economist for the seventh year running.
On a free walking tour I met some really nice guys from Spain, Belgium and France and we were hanging out the last days together a lot. The nights were long and we enjoyed a lot of beer and goon (Australia’s cheap wine). On Saturday there were the finals of the AFL (the Australian Football League, they also call it just Footy). The Adelaide Crows played versus Richmond Tigers. We watched the game on the big screen on Federation Square. Most fans were for the Tigers and as they won the match the atmosphere was really good. We went to some pubs after the match, with the last one having a dancefloor upstairs, were we ended the evening.
I also went to visit Mornington Peninsula some days ago, as my AirBnB host Jacqueline was so nice to give me a lift to the place which is about 1,5 hours away from Melbourne CBD – she works there and drives there every day.
It is a really laid-back place with some nice beaches and they have the famous colorful beach boxes on the beach.
Yesterday I went to St. Kilda again, exploring the cool street art and also the Luna Park amusement park. It is over hundred years old and it has some really nice old wooden rollercoaster, which I needed to ride, of course! It was really fun. It was rattling and clattering and it had some nice ups and downs. For 100 years old, definitely cool.
