Australia is a land consisting of neverending roads and the biggest fields I've ever seen. It's frightenly huge and getting lost in the desert here would be a nightmare. Your only company would be scorpions, snakes, spiders and who knows what else? But honestly, I don't mind the long hours in the car, driving through the dry, barren land. It is, very beautiful.
The weather is hot. Crazy hot. And the sun is blistering, almost scorching on your skin. I, who never had to use sunscreen ever got burns after a short hour in the sun. However, I'd rather have the scorching, burning sun than no sun at all, as it was in Sweden before I left.
My first destination was the airport of Adelaide. Adelaide is the capital of South Australia. South Australia is the place where everyone knows everyone. When you meet a complete stranger on the street, you can be sure that he knows somebody you know. This kept surprising me wherever I went. However, the first thing I did was to drive with Deni to Murray Bridge (in the picture above you can see the Murray River, australias longest river) where we had a typical australian lunch with her lovely family. We had fish'n chips and WHY haven't I eaten this before? It's crazy good.
This is Deni. She was an exchange student in our class in Sweden during 2010 and the biggest reason I went to Australia. She's the best Australian I know and also the best companion one could have when travelling this huge country. We spent a couple of days at her parents farm before leaving for one of Australias nicest cities.
We took the train, which is in fact pretty uncommon in Australia. Australians tend to think that it's exciting, they usually grab the car so taking the train, it's almost a treat. I think Deni was more excited than I was (I take the train at least once a month).
As we travelled through the countryside it slowly got greener and greener. We were passing the border between South Australia and Victoria. Victoria is situated southeast of Australia, the home to its capital Melbourne, our destination.
Our first dinner in Melbourne was at some sort of Italian resturant where we got complementary wine and bread. One can't say no to that? Deni had a risotto and I had this lovely pasta with a creamy sauce filled with mushrooms, avocado and chicken. Might have been the best pasta I'd had during 2011. And believe me, I eat a lot of pasta.
We headed to a place called Softbelly which we named our homebar since it was fairlyclose to our hotel and quite cosy. We only went there once.
The next day was our shopping day. It was a day filled with dresses and shoes. Although I only bought one dress and a lot of lattes. We were at Starbucks, I always go there when I get the chance since we don't have it in Sweden.
The backstreets were filled with graffiti and all sorts of art. This one in particular.
Melbourne has a lot of amazing architecture. Actually, Australia is filled with crazy modern structures, some of them are just incomprehendable. But it's a sight to be seen. Especially Federation Square, I thought it was really, really nice.
If I was to live in Australia. Melbourne would be the place.
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This blog is written by a seventeen year old girl named Angelina Belle Bergenwall, living off sunshine, pretty clothes and sushi. 
And after trying out surfing in the town Victor Harbour, which was surprinsingly enjoyable (I loved it actually), we went to the Zoo Urumbirra. There the kangaroos roamed free throughout the whole zoo and you could pet them and feed them as much as you liked. They were so gentle and adorable.
