St. Kilda!!!

I went to St. Kilda yesterday, south of Melbourne on the bay ( attached to the ocean), for the festival...it is the largest outdoor free music festival. 300,000 people were there yesterday.
Got there early, around 12:00. Wandered the streets and the little shops, and i finally purchased some sandals that have given me really bad blisters...but i love them. Theyre the new roman looking things.
We had lunch at this restaurant called SoulMAMMA, it was amazing. Vegetarian buffet style, and the view was sensational ( aussies love that word.)
Stupid me, didnt wear sun screen all day and it was bloody hot out, now i have a ridiculous burn on my back and chest... i put on my jumper(sweater) and took the bullet.
Got lots of pictures.
Met up with MJ's childhood friend and her freinds. We went to the main tent and watched the bands, it was so packed. You werent supposed to drink outside, but we did anyway. Carlton beer, it's good, even in the can ( surpriseeee).
I loved this melbourne band called Operation Please, and just danced and drank in the park...it was so fun. But when i went to the bathroom and took off my glasses i remembered how bad drinking and sun is. i have a huge, ugly, very sore burn on my nose cheeks LIPs and chin. Eugh.
We got back at the hostel as sun was setting. It was a lovely day.

st.kilda

wonderful bridge i took pictures on.
i look uncomfortable?
yes....that is my glamourous sun burn! Look at that glass tan...oh and where my pendant goes.
300,000 people were in st.kilda all together, this was ONE stage.
rocker karina
my roomate MJ to the right, and her friend Mary
Boardwalk...
bridge again

vegetarian restaurant, SoulMAMA. So amazing, Buffet style...mmm
me at the rest
infront of luna park...this must be scary at night!
crowded, crowded streets.
Bob dylan glasses, LA streets, im so hxc.

The night before, JD <3
the morning i went to st kilda. i love reading on the roof. its beautiful
view from our roof
chuch bells that annoy the crap out of you.




Sunday Feb 10. Written in the morning.

Friday morning was like the four season. Sunny, windy, still, and then out of nowhere, while i was sitting in starbucks forcing quiche down my throat, it just pooouuurred down. I had to go to my IEP/SWAP station to set up my orientation, luckily they had a printer and photocopier there so i did some more of the errands i had.I came back to the hostel for a bit to talk to josh, but when it got past his bed time i decided to go to the park ( wherever that was, i didn’t know) and get some groceries. The Yarra is like 2 blocks from my hostel and has a beautiful park, as you can see earlier in this blog. It was so peaceful, I just sat on the bank and relaxed. I felt so touristy taking all the pictures that i did, but it was well worth it. Wandering back I found a cool alley with graffiti, later found out that Melbourne dedicates some alleys for this and actually places them in maps calling them walkways. They’re so hip.I came back here and took a long nap because I felt so drained, and half-asleep i cleaned the kitchen. This guy, Noah, from BC offered me some gurn but I went to bed at 11:30, i’m still jet lagged okay!Yesterday morning I spent reading on the roof for 2-3 hours, i think its euphoric up there, when people aren’t abusing the space with smoke. I actually had an appetite and made a real lunch. Caught up with my roommate, kate, in the tv room and asked her out for a pint. We met up with her friend Steph ( guy ), super funny. And just as we were getting to the pub we met up with our other roommate, Mary Jane ( real name, i love it), and all went to Transit. We had a really great time, lots and lots of laughs. It was something I expected, and hoped would happen when i arrived. We stopped at a Bottle Shop ( liquor store) and headed back to the hostel because i had to clean the kitchen...unfortunately.We had a few drinks in the common area, and then i unwillingly started to clean. I had help out with the garbage from steph, which cut me down 2 trips. And Mary Jane was cold from being on the roof ( night time party place) so helped me clean the big, frozen, rotten mess at the bottom of the fridge – it was truly kind of her- which she is.The roof was so fun, and so stereotypical. It’s just a looongg bench under a canopy with alcohol ( mostly cheap beer and gurn, crappy cheap wine that tastes like bad juice). I just popped in somewhere, and shared a bottle of wine with MJ and some special JD with Steph, bad influence. I met a lot of cool people up there. I hung out mostly with the guys that helped me out on my first day, they day when i was crying and couldn’t get the phone to work and wanted to just give up. We got kicked off the roof, and instead of going to bed ( like i planned and promised, god i have no self control). The two guys ( t.dot and UK), another guy i just met from California ( who was a hoot ), a sweet girl from Vancouver, and another guy persuaded me to go out to some bars/clubs. It’s kind of ironic that I’m in Australia hanging out with 2 canadians and an American, but we bonded over being dumbfounded at the new words and drinks and food. Tomahtow- tomaytoe.This was my first bar/club experience! I laughed when I got downstairs. There were green lazer lights and all. T.Dot guy bought me a pint, because i am dirt poor. They got shots called Fresh Pussy...mmmm? No one wanted to order them and say it. It was fun, but a little irritating i had to yell just to talk. They played soo many 90’s dance music, RETROOO. Went back to the hostel to get my ID, when i came back out only California and Uk were there, so we went and got greasy springrolls...it’s was nummy. T.Dot and Vancouver had gotten ‘lost’ somewhere. I persuaded them to just go back to the hostel because it was past 2 and i had planned to get up the next morning by a decent time.Snuck in my bed, slept.This morning I woke to Steph, knocking on our door at 8 whispering kate! Kate! He comes in, still drunk off of his ass making all of us laugh. Well, except for the guy under my bunk who made it clear he was awake, so did our neighbours banging on the wall. He hadn’t slept, was still drunk, was km’s away from his hostel and has a plane to catch in a few hours. Oh steph.So today I’m going to St.Kilda! It’s this beautiful town south of Melbourne on the bay/ocean with tons of cute shops, markets, pubs, and beaches! There are even penguins there ( sometimes ) so i hope to get some good shots. I’m going with MJ, but might go with California and UK because they have a car rental for today. Who knows?