Days 291-293- Sydneysider meets Melbournian
Days 291-293- Sunny Days in Melbourne
Melbourne- Friday, October 12 to Sunday, October 14
We had the pleasure of a visit this weekend from my former Ruth Thompson Middle School colleague, Sunny Jatana, who has immigrated to Australia after studying here a few years back. He taught with me in Canada in 2006 and finished the school year in 2007 before moving here. It was the end of his school holidays so he decided to come down to the better city (he lives in Sydney) to see what all the fuss is about here in Melbourne.
I picked up Sunny at Southern Cross Station Friday night where he had finished the 12 hour bus journey late Friday, and we explored the city on Saturday.
We sampled the Queen Vic Market, the Immigration Museum, Melbourne Central Shopping District, the Shot Tower, Flinders Lane Cafés, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The Indian Music Festival at Confederation Square, St. Kilda Pier (another latté stop!), quaffed foamy beverages on the street in St. Kilda, rode the trams and trains...
As you can see, we packed in a lot in one Saturday, and would have continued through Sunday, except that Sunny was due back in Sydney for a Sunday afternoon wedding!
It was a great weekend of pretending to be a Melburnian and showing off this great city to the noveau Sydneysider.
Melbourne- Friday, October 12 to Sunday, October 14
We had the pleasure of a visit this weekend from my former Ruth Thompson Middle School colleague, Sunny Jatana, who has immigrated to Australia after studying here a few years back. He taught with me in Canada in 2006 and finished the school year in 2007 before moving here. It was the end of his school holidays so he decided to come down to the better city (he lives in Sydney) to see what all the fuss is about here in Melbourne.
I picked up Sunny at Southern Cross Station Friday night where he had finished the 12 hour bus journey late Friday, and we explored the city on Saturday.
We sampled the Queen Vic Market, the Immigration Museum, Melbourne Central Shopping District, the Shot Tower, Flinders Lane Cafés, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The Indian Music Festival at Confederation Square, St. Kilda Pier (another latté stop!), quaffed foamy beverages on the street in St. Kilda, rode the trams and trains...
As you can see, we packed in a lot in one Saturday, and would have continued through Sunday, except that Sunny was due back in Sydney for a Sunday afternoon wedding!
It was a great weekend of pretending to be a Melburnian and showing off this great city to the noveau Sydneysider.
posted by Rod Murray | 6:18 p.m.
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