Hiccuping in Melbourne…

So…I am sitting here in this random 24 hour internet cafe at 1:42 am Thursday wondering why I am assigned next to this bizarre random person when there are 11 other stations available…go figure! I think we finally got our jet-lag under control. Yesterday was the first day where some of us didn’t fall asleep in our dinners. There is nothing funnier than watching Carly fall asleep in mid-bite of her meal and Adil sleeping sitting up! We arrived in Melbourne today and I find it quite delightful…reminds me a bit of Montreal that it has the old world feeling along with the fantastic shopping! We celebrated my brothers’ birthday at Jacque Reymond restaurant which was a fantastic experience! I have been writing everything down so that I can create some pages with some info on the food experience (along with pictures)…stay tuned for that for those that are interested. We have visited three vineyards so far. The first vineyard (Hunter Valley, outside of Sydney), we had 36 wine tastings. The second, McLaren Vale, we had 57 tastings. We did 70 tastings at Barossa Valley !! It’s been a great experience for wine tasting and for those of you that are interested in that, you will totally enjoy these regions! We have one more scheduled tasting at Yarra Valley tomorrow…I’m not sure if we can beat the 70 tastings, but I’ll let you know…

After dinner today my brothers and I decided to trek back out…unfortunately, there was not a whole lot to choose from as it is a Wednesday night and most “bars” close at midnight, sigh… We met some New Zealanders from Christchurch who gave us some recommendations that we hope to check out.

~ by Far on May 21, 2008.