Before classes started, we tried to cram in all of the activities we could. I went to the beach one day with one of my roommates. We took the tram there that took about 20 minutes, invested in some bottled water and popsicles, and headed onto the beach. We went to the area where there was a little boardwalk, some restaurants and shops, and lots of people.
The weather was perfect, unlike its been most days here lately. It was warm and sunny, opposed to the chilly, overcast days we’ve had more than not the last week and a half. All of the locals have said that this is very atypical of Melbourne this time of year. I checked the weather the other day when I woke up after sleeping in and it was 58 degrees both here at 11am and in Rockville at 7pm. Its suppose to be winter there and summer here. Not okay.
Anywayyyy, back to the beach.. We just lounged on the sand for a few hours, getting in the water every half hour or so to cool off. The water was a little chilly, but felt good. The beaches right around here have almost no waves and are shallow for as far as you would wander out.
We headed out when it started to get cloudy and to get back for a barbeque our other roommate, Lena was hosting at a local park. We came back, stopped and bought bread and ceasar salad stuff to contribute to the event. We got there to this huge park that stretched across like 5 blocks. It was raining on and off the entire time we were there, but we sat under trees and it wasn’t too bad. There was lots of food, beer and wine, and more people than expected—probably about 30 by the end. It was a lot of fun (minus the approximately 30 mosquito bites we all got and are still scratching at) and really good meeting a lot of Lena’s friends I hadn’t met before.
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