Chilling in Melbourne

I've been in Melbourne for three days now. Sydney and Melbourne might look pretty close on the map, but the travel to get here took 14 hours by bus. Feels good to be in Melbourne though, my impression of the city is good so far. I live close to St Kilda beach, so I've been to the beach a lot these days. I'm actually starting to get tanned. It's extremely hot here. St Kilda is a nice place anyway, it's lively and peaceful at the same time.

I've been tired these days, so I've spent most of them lying on the beach reading. I'm reading that sort of book that is hard to put aside. It's nice to have time to read, I haven't read anything else than course literature for a long time.

I'm a person who always thinks very much and reflects on things, but on this travel I've been thinking more than usual. Travelling really makes you see things from another perspective. You realize what matters in life and what doesn't matter at all. Suddenly it feels like I'm able to do whatever I want with my life. I mean, I went to the other side of earth because I wanted to. I skydived because I wanted to. What says that I can't do anything else because I want to?

Today I went to the central part of the city to check out shops and stuff. I found several rock clothing shops, that's nice. There are many cafées here and many street musicians. Tonight I've been partying at my hostel and talked to people from all over the world.