Three weeks young into Melbourne. Amazing how a mere matter of days can feel like a lifetime. Detoxing. And I don’t mean in the drinking-partying sense. What I mean is a complete life cleanse – eliminating everything that was negative, anything interfering with being happy. I thought that packing up my life, cramming it into…
Category: moving hemispheres.
thoughts about shifting life from up over to down under.
first historical lesson.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne) -Frist mass celebrate February 1858 in partially completed church -1868 completed nave of the cathedral – first served the needs of the community for regular worship -Designed by William Wardell, cathedral is regarded internationally as finest ecclesiastical building in Australia -Pre-eminent example of the Gothic Revival style -1997…
first feelings of homesickness.
Today marked two weeks since leaving Canada. 14 days has felt like an indefinite amount of time already. The days have been full and entirely memorable. The transition to lovely Melbourne culture has been smooth and utterly effortless. Which is why the past two days of homesickness have been slightly surprising and overwhelming. Perhaps it is…
what is static confusion? (original post)
static confusion – cutting out the noise. decluttering life. just being at peace, focusing on the simple things. like happiness. when reflecting on a recent ‘life revelation’ with a friend, trying to explain what lured me to make the decision to move across the world, all i could say was “things got noisy – i was losing my way”. “what do…
from up over to down under.
Great expert from Bill Bryson’s In A Sunburned Country – a book that is a great introduction into this brilliant country: “…Standing on Collins St. in downtown Melbourne….watching the clanging trams and swirl of humanity, and thinking, “Good Lord, there’s a country here”. It was as if I had privately discovered life on another planet,…
southside.
An afternoon in St. Kilda. A beautiful serendipity of sorts, St. Kilda is a fine combination of CNE Expo meets Miami meets City Waterfront. Made up of St. Kilda Road, Acland St. and Fitzroy St., there is a wonderful balance of quirky local bar institutions (The Espie!), delicious cafes and trendy boutique shops. The people…
cheers, melbourne.
My first Melbourne pub experience – and how important finding a good local pub is. The Napier Hotel. Bar guide describes it as one of “Fitzroy’s vintage favourites, serving up classic pub fare in a relaxed space that’s packed full of locals”. From the moment I sat down with my first jug (pitcher) of Coopers…
elated.
Today, in this exact moment, and for no real reason, I am utterly happy. Happy to breathe. Happy to just be. Happy to live. Happy to have left all the noise behind. A new start, a new country. Four weeks to explore and play and then the start of a new reality….whatever that may be.
lost and found.
Some thoughts from a day of wandering… …’The City’ – the central business area as its referred to – is only a small part of Melbourne. Each suburb, regardless of its size, preserves its name as well as its identity. Its brilliant. And the best part about the ‘City’ – the laneways. A door that…
my love affair begins.
Fourth day in Australia and with jet lag settled I feel – for the first time – far away from home. Melbourne is a beautiful city – fashionable, cultural, artistic, rustic and mildly fast. It has elements that most major metroplois’ have. A central business area, convenient transit, the ‘it’ bars, fine cuisine, great patios…
static confusion. 