Coming from a land rich of history (Italy), at first sight Melbourne appeared to us just like another ordinary newborn city with not major attractions but that didn’t stop us to just loven’ it.
As we step in the city centre we were wrapped by a great vibe. The city itself is quite big but it still manages to be so accessible and keeps that cosy feeling of a small town where everybody knows each other. It might be also thanks to its multiculturalism, we never felt as foreigners as Melbournians come often themselves from a mix of cultural backgrounds.
My fav spot of the city: the city's graffiti on Hosier Lane
A big role was played also by its sunny weather: considering it’s autumn over here we enjoyed some great sunny days only break by few, out of the blue, drizzles of rain in the late afternoon and some chilly nights (still nothing compares to what we were used in the grey London); only now I could understand why they said you could experience 4 seasons in a day in Melbourne!
The contemporary Federation Square
It might be also for the full of character neighbourhoods like St Kilda, Hampton where you breath in the air that relaxed atmosphere and perfect Neighbour’s series-like lifestyle. Everybody are some kind of sports’ nuts, in a healthy way, whatever is football, cricket, golf, surf and many more. I could easily picture myself having an earlier morning jogging along Beach Road or the Botanical Gardens (I wish), catching up for gossip over a meal on a little bay side cafe’ (without doubt), do a bit of shopping (oh yes I am so good on that if I could only have a bunch of credit cards on me) among the modern city’s laneways, Flinders Lane, Collins Street, Brunswick street, hunting for bargains at the hawker stalls of Queen Victoria Market, picking up my own style at Richmond cheap but cool second-hand shops, hopping on and off the Melbourne tram before enjoying a night out attending a live performance, ohhh yeeeeees.
It’s seemed to me just a fab city to live in.
Melbourne lively streets
1 comments:
- At 30/5/09 1:11 PM Anil P said...
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The grafitti on Hosier lane is almost like a movie set. What a brilliant creation.
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