Slept in till 9:30 this morning. Decided to have brunch before heading out to the city - famous Aussie lamb sausages. While I cooked up the sausages, Smitha packed our bags and tidied the place up, because we may have to move to a place in St. Kilda tomorrow morning.
Yet another day hunting for Internet access. Walked over to "Australia on Collins" - a massive mall on Collins Street - where there's free access for everyone but no power points. Checked mail and sent off a bunch of messages.
Left around half-past-three for St. Kilda - tram 96 from Bourke Street. It took an awfully long time to finally reach Hotel Esplanade, by which time we had received three increasingly agitated calls from the agent exclaiming she'd been waiting for us! When we finally met her, she exuded such a thorny demeanour that I'd decided that there was no way we were dealing with this woman! Despite her protestations that she was a "precise" woman, she hadn't any details about whether we had to pay bills, and generally speaking, spoke extremely rudely! Called her up from the tram on the way back to decline her graceless offer!
Met Marcus at our apartment. Went over to the Elephant and Wheelbarrow for a pint of Guinness. It was nice to savour the bitter taste and take in the noise and bustle of an English pub on football night. Walked up and down the streets looking for a place to eat. Finally wandered into the local Greek Restaurant and had a wonderful meal of grilled lamb and chicken, those famous Greek dips - tzatziki, taramasalata, hummus and babaghanouj - with pita bread.
Wonderful evening!
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