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...
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...
