I made a friend! His name is Rob and he is from outside Manchester. He moved into one of the empty beds two days ago and while I was being anti-social and coming up to my room to hang out while everyone downstairs was getting drunk, we started chatting and hit it off. He is quite entertaining and we get along great. Yesterday we ended up spending the whole day together and as he pointed out right before bed, we talked for about 10 hours straight. You all know me, so that's not really that surprising but considering every other person I have met, our conversations have been about 5 minutes, it was a big deal. We started the day walking down Chapel street to find lunch and check out this hostel that Bridie recommended called 22 Travelers. Ate lunch at this place called Yellow Bird. I am telling you it was the most bizarre restaurant, extremely eclectic...I mean okay it was weird. It had Indian, Asian, Mexican, and misc. other themes. I got soft shell crab tacos- they were a little spicy but pretty good. Wasn't expecting the crab to be fried but it was good. He paid for lunch. Which was very sweet. Went and checked out the hostel, seems like a nice enough place. It is meant to target older travelers, those of us who don't really need to be acting 18 and getting completely hammered everyday. We just booked 4 nights there next week, because literally it is the only hostel that was not booked for the Formula 1 Grand Prix which is March 14-17th. Who knew fast cars were a big thing here... apparently people come from all over and all the hostels are booked. After spending the afternoon on Chapel Street, we came back to the hostel, rested up a bit then headed down to the beach. Turns out this hostel is a lot closer to the beach then i thought. Refer to last post about taking the wrong tram and what not- its only a ten minute walk. oopsy. Nice to be shown around though. SO we went to the beach and again even late in the day it is super hot. We just walked in the water and hung around chatting until the sun went down. We went and tried to see the Penguins that apparently come out after sunset. There was one. Poor guy he was bombarded with flashes and pointing since he was the only one even though there were signs saying no flash. It was cool to see though, and your out on a rock jetty which is beautiful.
After we gave up on more penguins, we went and walked down St. Kilda looking for food, found Pizza and this time I paid because it seemed fair. My feet hurt. Surprise. Really over trying to pick which shoes will hurt the least. Went back to the hostel again and changed for the evening. He had been to this super cool bar down the road (5min) and suggested we go. It's called The Local Tap House and it was SO COOL! Total hole in the wall kind of place but upstairs is a bar that opens to an outside patio which, when it is still 75 out, it feels wonderful to be outside. Also, they have over 20 beers on tap and even more bottles from all over the world. I tried one called Evil Twin Honey I'm Home. For real. It was super yummy and was a super light beer but had a ton of flavor. Chelsea would have liked it and been surprised by it. He paid for this round. Only got one drink in before they closed but I will definitely be going back. Overall it was an awesome day. I had such a great friend and its amazing what finding just ONE person you get along with can do. I am in much better spirits.
Today we spent the day together again but really just went to the beach to tan and swim. I finally SWAM! In Australian waters and it was beautiful. We got Subway (original i know) and went and sat on the beach. Got my first ice cream to- Boysenberry Swirl... yum. I don't think I got super burned but I won't lie that I did kinda hope to get at least a little bit of color.I will have to report back on that tomorrow. The day flew by and suddenly it was already 5pm. Now were getting ready to go grab some dinner and maybe a couple drinks. Tomorrow I am moving to a new hostel for 3 days, I am ready to try somewhere new. The new place is more in the city and called Discovery Melbourne. After that, on Sunday we have decided to rent a car and do the Great Ocean Road by ourselves. It ends up being the same price about and allows us to take our time and find cool places that tours don't. I am actually super excited! And since he is from the UK he can drive on the left hand side of the road. I will let everyone know how the new place is and if anything else interesting happens. Love everyone :)
After we gave up on more penguins, we went and walked down St. Kilda looking for food, found Pizza and this time I paid because it seemed fair. My feet hurt. Surprise. Really over trying to pick which shoes will hurt the least. Went back to the hostel again and changed for the evening. He had been to this super cool bar down the road (5min) and suggested we go. It's called The Local Tap House and it was SO COOL! Total hole in the wall kind of place but upstairs is a bar that opens to an outside patio which, when it is still 75 out, it feels wonderful to be outside. Also, they have over 20 beers on tap and even more bottles from all over the world. I tried one called Evil Twin Honey I'm Home. For real. It was super yummy and was a super light beer but had a ton of flavor. Chelsea would have liked it and been surprised by it. He paid for this round. Only got one drink in before they closed but I will definitely be going back. Overall it was an awesome day. I had such a great friend and its amazing what finding just ONE person you get along with can do. I am in much better spirits. 
Today we spent the day together again but really just went to the beach to tan and swim. I finally SWAM! In Australian waters and it was beautiful. We got Subway (original i know) and went and sat on the beach. Got my first ice cream to- Boysenberry Swirl... yum. I don't think I got super burned but I won't lie that I did kinda hope to get at least a little bit of color.I will have to report back on that tomorrow. The day flew by and suddenly it was already 5pm. Now were getting ready to go grab some dinner and maybe a couple drinks. Tomorrow I am moving to a new hostel for 3 days, I am ready to try somewhere new. The new place is more in the city and called Discovery Melbourne. After that, on Sunday we have decided to rent a car and do the Great Ocean Road by ourselves. It ends up being the same price about and allows us to take our time and find cool places that tours don't. I am actually super excited! And since he is from the UK he can drive on the left hand side of the road. I will let everyone know how the new place is and if anything else interesting happens. Love everyone :)
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