Settle in, is a long one. :)

So after the breif luggage scare at the airport I was relieved to board the shuttle bus on time and have the ride to the hostel go smoothly. I arrived at the hostel and went to check in, but my room wasn't ready right away so I had to wait about two hours. It was no problem though I just dumped my big luggage in the storage room and struck off to see what was around the area. I liked what I heard one of the other residents say one time. Him and his friends were going out and around and he said "okay guys lets go get lost." I thought this was so true because going into a situation like that you have no idea where your going, or what is around you, but it doesn't take long to figure things out. So I walked down into the area of St. Kilda where all the shops and cafes were. It was pretty nice. It had a very mellow feeling to it, and was flooded with backpackers. I walked past like 3 other hostels as I walked around. I walked around the shops and stopped at a small deli for some pasta. It was really good. Then after a bit I made my way back to the hostel to see if the room was ready yet.

When I got back to Habitat I was happy to hear that my room was indeed ready. So I went upstairs to get myself established. I was staying in a 10 bed dorm room. It wasn't too bad. I mean some of the girls were a smidge slobby and left their shit everywhere, but I just moved it aside if I needed to. Plus people stumbling in at odd hours of the night is always fun, but I can't say anything because I was one of those people sometimes too. I met a swiss girl the first night I was there. We got along great and spent the next day together. After settling into my room I went into the city and walked around a bit. I went to a small bar and grill and had some food, and actually found a decent Aussie beer! Then after a while I took the tram back to the hostel. The trams, and the public transit system was so easy to use, and pretty sensible too. I bought a ticket in the morning for like 7 bucks and I could use it on as many trams, buses, and trains in Zone 1, which was all of the city and really anywhere I needed to go.

The next day Janine (the swiss girl) and I went into the city again. I wanted to go the big Queen Victoria market, and then we both wanted to explore the city a bit more. The market was really big. I am pretty sure it was bigger then the one we have here not far from the house. It was huge, with a variety of things to buy. I didn't buy much tho. Just some fudge, a magnet, and a few other little things. Then Janine and I walked and walked and walked and took the tram and rode the tram then walked and rode the tram some more. We walked all around looking at different parts of the city, and we got on the City Circle Tram a bunch too. This is a free service that goes around the city centre. You can get on and off as much as you please, but it didn't really matter because we both had daily tickets anyway. We went to the Melbourne Museum and spent hours in there. It was a really nice museum. It was very interactive and would have been great for children too. It was really nice to walk around the city and see all the different buildings around. They have a lot of uniquely built buildings all around the city. It was also just interesting to see all the sights, and people around. After walking around and spending the whole day in the city we caught the tram back to St. Kilda and went to the supermarket to get some things to make supper. We also stopped by the bottle shop for a bottle of cheap vino :). We made a nice little salad, and had some fresh bread with hommus, and of course cheap wine that we drank from coffee mugs. Little did we know that that was only the begining of the alcohol comsumption that would take place that night! haha

Attention Mother: If tales of your daughters drunken antics bother you, don't read any further! lol.

Then after supper a group of people came into the hostel from a night club within walking distance. They were handing out cards to all of us promoting their club for the night. They were also advertising $2 pints, and $4 cocktails. So of course we had to go out! Janine and I decided that we would head out in a while, the only thing was we had to be there before 10 in order to skip the cover charge. We went up to shower and got to talking to some of the other girls in the room. We made friends with a girl from the UK, Lucy. She was cool shit! I really liked her, and was happy when she decided to come out with us too. So about 9ish we headed out 'to make party' as Janine says. As we walked we all got a bit skeptical of what type of place this was going to be, as the closer we got to the club it looked slightly ghettoish. We carried on tho in hopes of cheap drinks and good times. We were not disapointed! We found the club, and it was slightly sketchy looking, but it was also in a backpacker neighbourhood so it didn't have to be too special to appeal to those around it. We did go and look around a bit for a back up bar in case that one crapped out. Well we had a wicked time! It turns out that cheap beer, body painting, dance music and a room full of backpackers = a whoopin good party! We danced the night away, mingled with people from all around the world and got drunk off our asses. Somehow we all got seperated and I ended up walking back by myself at about 5amish. I stumbled into my bed and passed out for the next 5 hours. I wasn't about to waste the day tho so I tried to haul my ass out of bed as early as I could see straight to go sight seeing again. This happened at around 11:30ish, lol. But that is another story for another time!

Anyone that is on my facebook can check out all the pictures from my trip. Peace out fer now!