Coming from a land wealthy of history (Italy), at first sight Melbourne appeared to us only like another casual baby town with not major attractions but that didn’t end us to only 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.
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!
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 simply drawing myself having an earlier morning jogging along Beach Road or the Botanical Gardens (I wish), catching up for gossip over a meal on a tiny bay side cafe’ (without doubt), do a bit of shopping (oh yes I am thus fine on that whether I could just 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 low-priced but cool second-hand shops, hopping on and off the Melbourne tram previously enjoying a night out attending a live performance, ohhh yeeeeees.
It’s seemed to me just a fab city to live in.
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