Tuesday June 23, 2009
This morning, Jeff didn’t come to work with me. Rosemary brought me to church. I chatted a little bit with David about the internet and about what time he was going to pick me up for the football game on Saturday. I then checked my e-mail. I didn’t post my blog from Monday today because I didn’t bring my computer in.
At 9:15 Jenny Bishop and Suzanne Ashton arrived at the church. All three of us went down to the train station to catch a train to the city – Downtown Melbourne. I had never done anything like that, but I did get a student price. In Australia they call the student price “concession.”
Today we explored parts of the city. We first went to the old exhibition center and then on to the museum. The museum wouldn’t give me the student price because my ID didn’t have an expire date on it! Well…. My ID doesn’t expire! They would have accepted it if it had an expiration date… Oh well. I had to pay full price. The museum was fun, although towards the end I was not as focused, probably because it was 1:30 and we hadn’t stopped for lunch. I did bring a musli (measly/granola) bar with me, so I snacked on that for a while.
At 2ish we rode a tram to a coffee shop. I had a chicken sandwich with a cappuccino. It cost me $13.50. Its SO expensive. We then stopped at a Cathedral. It was beautiful. They had a gift shop and I was going to buy my parents a nativity set (they are collectors of nativity sets) but the one I wanted was $110. The other one that was all one piece was $50. It wasn’t made out of expensive material, but it cost so much!
We went to Federation Square and took pictures of everything. There was this sound thing where these rectangle boxes had lights on it and when you stood in front of it, it would make noise. I am not sure I fully understand the thing though…
I am fascinated with the Eureka tower. Eureka here is connected to the gold mining days. There was a Eureka battle where the gold miners retaliated. Because of this tower’s name, I am fascinated with the tower. I took lots of pictures of it. Jenny, Suzanne, and I went in to see how much it would cost to go to the Sky Deck. Too much for me to pay, so Jenny offered, and I paid half of the cost. Up to the 88th floor we went and I am sure glad I did. You could see everything from the 88th floor. There was this glass enclosed box that I could have gone on for another $12, but I didn’t need to. The deck was just as good. The glass enclosed box is a box that comes out of the wall and hangs over the building with see through glass on top, sides, and bottom. I got a lot of good pictures up there and it was really fun. That was probably the most favorite part of my day in Melbourne City.
After leaving the tower we went to the Crown Plaza Hotel and Casino. We walked around and saw a water show. Connected to the casino is a shopping area. We stopped there for a rest and to get something to drink. I didn’t buy anything, I had brought my water bottle and some snacks so that I wouldn’t have to buy anything, although it was really tempting!
We left and headed back to the train station to come back to Cheltenam.
For dinner we went to a chicken restaurant named Nando’s. I had a chicken wrap and chips (Aussie large French fries that have more potato than grease). After dinner we headed to the church for meditation and contemplation. It was a good time and I almost fell asleep.
Jenny then brought me back to the house where I proceeded to tell Jeff and Rosemary about my trip and then go to my room to look through pictures. Since coming home, I have noticed that my throat is sore. I hope I am not catching the sick germ that Jeff has. Maybe I got it from being outside all day. I’ll keep an eye on it for sure! My eye is doing well. No more cloudiness and only sometimes double vision.
I am looking forward to tomorrow. I am basically going to get my sermon done, but I’ll probably have time to socialize with people too!
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