IN LOVE WITH MELBOURNE

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Melbourne was our first stop in Australia and we immediately fell in love with the city. It's extremely diverse

and you can easily combine a cultural and shopping day with an evening at the beach. Since we only had one

month in Australia, we booked two domestic flights (Sydney - Melbourne and Melbourne - Brisbane) in

advance which didn't give us a lot of flexibility with our travels in the beginning. We spent one week in Melbourne

and kind of regretted that we didn't have more days there. It's definitely a city where I could imagine living for a

few months or even a year. Maybe during studying? I already know where I would spend most of my days.

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For studying the State Library of Victoria is perfect, I've never seen such a pretty, old library before!

The atmosphere is awesome, everyone is there for the same reason and it just seems like the best place to

be if you need to get things done. But even if you are just passing by, a visit is definitely worth it.

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Brunswickstreet in Fitzroy is for sure the place to be if you are looking for vintage clothes or want to meet up

with friends in a cafe. I was literally overwhelmed by the amount of vegetarian and vegan cafes/restaurants

and every single one looked so, so cool (I suppose it's self-evident that you can also find every kind of

"normal" restaurant you can imagine there - or what about some Ethiopian food for a change?!).

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Up for some typical Aussie stores? I'm sure you will find more pretty clothes than you are able to

take with you at the Spencer Outlet Centre. Supre, Cotton On, dotti  - everything is there and the prices are

honestly incredible. I got myself two tops for $5 all together and they are basically my favourite shirts ever, it

feels like I've been wearing them every single day since I bought them. What is even more amazing about the

Outlet Centre is that there is actually a Typo branch, my all time favourite interior/stationary store. Even though we

were travelling with our backpacks I couldn't resist the beautiful booklets. How dump can someone be and buy

A4 booklets while being on the road?! If there is something you really shouldn't go for while travelling it's paper

stuff. But I'm just obsessed with notebooks so... It's super sad that we haven't got Typo here in Germany

although that's probably good for my wallet - I swear I would buy myself every single product they offer. Oh

and if you ever go to Melbourne you HAVE to check out the H&M store. It's honestly by far the

prettiest branch I've ever seen, I was basically snapping pictures 24/7 while being in the store.

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All in all, I have to admit that I didn't fall as much in love with Australia as other backpackers (even though

it definitely has pretty corners and the weather is just awesome!) but I really fell for Melbourne itself

and would be more than happy to go back there one day. I`m keeping my fingers crossed!

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