Ok, it finally stopped raining in Melbourne. We arrived Friday (as previously noted) and it rained all night. We were soaked multiple times having to walk to our motel, to the flat (apartment) we're staying at, and to dinner. Saturday it rained off and on all day, and we only braved the weather to walk to the store twice - about a 15 minute walk each way. We woke up this morning - in our extremely comfortable bed - to sunshine. It's brisk and a bit windy, but no rain.
We're planning on heading downtown (into the CBD) today to do some shopping for work clothes, cell phones, and possible rentable laptops. Kelvin and Yan Shih (the people we stayed with in Sydney) are coming down today to visit Melbourne. We get to host them at our place, which is kind of funny. Anyway, they'll be down tonight and then I'll have a laptop again, thank god. Internet costs $4-$5 an hour at internet cafes here, so we're not frequent visitors.
Melbourne seems nice so far, just another big city. We're hoping to get a taste of downtown today to get a feel for the city. Hopefully we can get the laptop on the internet at our place tonight and I can blog up a storm for Christmas. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
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So, here's something interesting...I went online yesterday (Dec. 23) to read your blog but, there was no new entry. So, while I was sitting there at the computer ~bing!~ "Getting it Together" appears. I looked at the time on the entry and it said 11:13 am. I looked at my watch and it was 4:13 pm - exactly 19 hours behind you. So, even though we are 19 hours apart, we were sitting at our computers at the exact same moment in time. Psychic! I feel so connected to you! I was going to respond right then but, I didn't have time. I guess it is already Xmas there - Merry Christmas my baby and Kane. First time in 25 years I won't see you on Xmas. I hope you guys have a fun day. I just opened up my front door to let Ginger out and there was a package on my porch from AUSTRALIA!! How cute and what good timing. I will mail the packages for you today and pass out the other stuff for you tomorrow at Jane's. Thank you for the tea. I'll let you know how that is. What a fun surprise to get a package from you. It was nice to get some mail that was not a bill and it was extra fun to see it was from Australia. Hug hug kiss kiss. You guys have fun and be safe. I love you!!
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