Melbourne

I am here after 6 hours at SFO, an impromptu dinner with Randy in LA and a 15 hour flight. I am getting good at these obscenely long flights. I didn't take drugs. I didn't sleep the whole time and I didn't get stir crazy. Thank god for on demand movies in the seat backs.

I spent much of today wandering around Melbourne city center. It looks like this.



There is a great combination of Victorian architecture with hyper modern buildings. I liked the juxtaposition. While there are the clear homages to their British heritage, the city itself feels more like home. It's big. Not L.A. nightmare sprawl, but definitely not crammed together like a small European village.

I didn't get to see a lot of the city today, but I was just so glad to be walking outside.

I grabbed a bowl of Pho (chicken soup) at a super crowded Vietnamese place for lunch that just hit the spot, checked out the artsy Fitzroy district, and the art centers down by the river.

2 random observations
- Australia is expensive. Bottled watter is a minimum of $2.50. Cheap clothes were hovering around $50.
- There is no lack of good looking men to oogle at down here. Yummy eye candy.