Melbourne, Australia: Rainy Day (October 2013)

Rainy days, I have missed them after spending so much time in the dry desert that is Los Angeles. As I’ve already made perfectly clear, I don’t like cold. Rainy and cold is THE WORST. Luckily the cold wasn’t too brutal, but the gloomy conditions did provoke the indoor activities Melbourne has to offer… such as the Melbourne Museum.

The museum covered the history of the city and other interesting exhibits such as the human body and dinosaurs. Kind of a hodgepodge of a museum, not exactly the most amazing museum in the world but it was only $10 and dry. After that we wondered down to the South Bank area, and found the Crown Melbourne. Little did we know this mini Vegas hotel/casino/movie theater would be our main source of entertainment for the afternoon. We saw a matinee showing of The Family since I was starting to get the shakes from not seeing a movie in over 2 weeks, and then Brian won big playing blackjack at the casino. Even though the rain wasn’t letting up, we declined the idea of a double feature and decided to brave the rain making our way back to the hostel.

Street art outside of Crown

For the last night we’re both in Australia, we found Naked for Satan, a great bar/Spanish tapas cafe in Fitzroy with a rooftop area. The food was amazing and even with the persistent rain, the covered and heated rooftop was a great place to complete our adventures down under.