The first weekend

I left off Friday afternoon when I was applying to jobs online.

I'm having trouble with posting blogs. Whenever I click to "publish" the internet connection crashes. I wrote this one on Sunday (it's now Tuesday)

Friday evening Helen and I bought wine and drank in the hostel because its cheaper. Then we went out to the street and asked a random local to tell us how to get to a good bar.

In Toronto there is a street with all the dance clubs, but in Melbourne all the bars are in hidden alleys. All the guide books and locals tell us to just explore and we'll find something.

The local we asked walked us to a club not far. It was a pretty big club with a dance floor a few bars and a giant horse statue.
We met a few aussie friends on the dance floor.

Saturday morning Helen and I thought we would be proper tourists and go sightseeing. Around 11am, Claire from Paris walked into our room. It was like fate because Claire came with a stack of tourist guidebooks and a plan for the day. We just tagged along with Claire.

We took the free tourist shuttle all around the city for 2 hours and saw all the big attractions. Then we stopped for a coffee break and headed over to Federation Square for the Tim Burton exhibit.

The exhibit was great. Full of drawings and notebooks that Tim Burton created his characters in. Plus costumes, props and clips from his movies. Claire, Helen and I all wanted to have a Tim Burton marathon afterwards.

During the day the friends we made at the club texted us saying there was a house party we could come to in one of the suburbs, Carlton.

Helen and I went out in a taxi. When we got to the house there was a big pirate flag on the door, and inside everyone was dressed like pirates!
We already didn't fit in because we were the only non-australians, but we were also the only non-pirates.

We made so many friends. They are unbelievably friendly here. The people at the party were full of advice on how to get jobs and what we need to see before we leave Melbourne.
I keep hearing over and over; you need to see the Great Ocean road.
I'm waiting until I have a job. Great Ocean Road tours cost about $100. and last the whole day, most tours include lunch.

The party actually ended up being a girl named Megan's 24th birthday party. She was so nice and welcoming, even though we didnt know her.
By far the funniest part of the party was the pinata. The birthday girl got out a treasure chest pinata and all the boys handed over their plastic swords for her to smash it open.

Megan broke every sword at the party. After they were finished she took off the blindfold and ripped the pinata open with her bare hands.

Sunday was low key. We just hung out at the hostel.. trying not to spend too much until we find jobs.