Let me tell you a little about Melbs (Melbourne). Being the shameless nerd with exquisite taste that I am, the European-style architecture made my hour-long tram trips from Burwood into the city interesting. Some need tunes or Candy Crush to pass the time, but I’m perfectly content with seeing Federation-style houses outside my window, thank you very much. It doesn’t take much to entertain a simpleton like me. Most machines don’t sense...
You know you live in Melbourne when it’s common to make a casual weekend trip to Tasmania. And that’s exactly what we did! Four Americans and one Canadian set off on an adventure. Five of us packed into a tiny Toyota rental (rather reminiscent of a clown car at a circus) with endless people pouring out of it at every stop. Naturally, the first thing we did with our rental car was drive onto a ferry, to check out Bruny Island. It's known for...
Imagine an eerie but incredible parallel universe like something out of a Christopher Nolan film. That’s what Australia is like compared to the U.S. Everything is exactly the opposite. The lights switches flip the opposite way for on/off, cars drive on the opposite side of the road, and the driver’s side is on the right (wrong) side of the car. The seasons are opposite, Celsius and the metric system are used, the toilet flushes differently,...
I’d like to tell some big, dramatic story about how studying abroad in Melbourne was written in the stars for me, like the night an ethereal, winged kangaroo with flaxen fur came to me in a vision and whispered, “Go to Australia, Kate. It is your destiny.” However, that’s not at all what happened. The true story is much less interesting and involves me sitting with my laptop, pajama-clad and doing an archaeological spoon dig for purpose...
Hi fellow nomads and gallivanters! I’m Kaitlyn, also known as Kate, also known as a visual artist, jack of all trades, (master of pun), and a globetrotter, as in world traveler, because I'm shockingly bad at basketball. Some have said that I am the most organized, spontaneous person they've ever met, and it's a well-known fact that I'm serious about good humor. Basically, I’m a living, breathing cartoon character, always walking with a...
