Arrival in Melbourne
Well here I am in Melbourne! I almost missed my plane from Schiphol Airport because I slept through my alarm. I woke up at 5:30 AM, looked at the clock, and thought nothing of it. Then, realizing shit was hitting the fan in fairly large quantities, jumped out of my bed and made it to the airport as fast as I could. Then, the train to the airport broke down, the airport computer didn’t recognize my passport number as having a visa, but, luckily, everything turned out okay in the end, and I made my flight. Barely.
The airplane journey was really long. Watched some movies, listened to some music, slept on occasion, and entertained myself by trying to puzzle together the build-it-yourself food kits that are supposed to resemble meals. Then, about a full day later, I stepped out into summery Melbourne. Yay! The university arranged a pick up service for me, free of charge, and brought me to my hostel. I’ll probably be staying there until I find myself some accommodation.
I quite like Melbourne so far. The climate is very agreeable, it’s sunny and around 25 / 30 degrees Celsius at the moment, it’s spaciously built, and has a very modern and busy, but open-minded and relaxed atmosphere. I still have a lot of exploring to do though. I’m definitely still a bit jetlagged, but had a pretty good sleep last night and feel loads better today.
I just went to the Orientation Welcome Center at the University. The university has an absolutely beautiful and huge terrain here in which it’s fairly easy to get lost as it’s about the size of the city center of Amsterdam. I’ve been filled in on all the details of my orientation period, which starts tomorrow. I’m really looking forward to all of it.
Well, I’m off house hunting now. Until later!
PS: I wrote this post yesterday, but only managed to get internet access today.
