Adelaide Today, Melbourne Tomorrow

It's my last day in Adelaide, and almost my last week in Australia! When I got here on Friday morning and posted my last blog, I forgot to mention that despite being freezing cold, it was happily NOT RAINING! Maybe I thought about writing it down but was afraid I would jinx it and get another rainy weekend in Adelaide. But it has been beautiful the whole time I've been here! I really hope the nice weather holds out for the rest of the night because my laundry is out on the line and we won't be back at Frazer's until after dark. We're going back to his friend Airlie's house to have dinner and float in the float tank! I'm so stoked. I'll be sure to let you all know how it is. :) On Friday we met up with another couchsurfer who had requested to stay at Frazer's. This was Beau, an 18 year old guy from Alberta, Canada. He was really nice and the three of us had a great time exploring downtown Adelaide together. First we went to a vegan cafe called Bliss where James and Shell were playing (guitar, mandolin, drums, harmonica, singing). We hung out and talked and met lots of people and listened to James and Shell's beautiful music. Later we went for dinner at a curry place in Chinatown, had some dance parties on the street (at first we couldn't get into any clubs because me and Beau were both wearing flip flops, but then a kind doorman at a club called Distill directed us to a club called The Exchange Bar with a dancefloor where we could wear flip flops), and amazingly we stumbled onto the opening of a new Lululemon athletics store where we got to watch a dance group perform and eat tons of free food. There was also a body painter painting the Lululemon logo and mottos all over a naked girl. It was pretty awesome. There was a free photo booth but unfortunately it had gotten shut down right before we got there. Oh well, we totally scored. We went back to Frazer's around 12 or 1; I was so exhausted from the horrendous train ride from Perth, I still can't believe I had the energy to stay out that late. Thankfully, I was able to sleep in late the next day. I think I slept until about 11 am. In the afternoon, we went over to Poppy's house where she was having a garage sale. We hung out with her and her friends and ate delicious scones that her grandma made. We started talking about going out dancing that night and Poppy said she would come with us. She said I should wear a pair of her closed-toe shoes so I could get into the club and took a really cute, comfortable pair of flats off the For Sale table for me to wear. Then she said I could wear some of her clothes too if I wanted. I tried on a super cute pair of jeans and they fit me perfectly! She also gave me a halter top and a gray jacket. After five months in the same tired outfits, I felt like a princess! (I wore the clothes out that night and loved them so much, I ended up buying everything but the jacket -- for $10!) After Poppy's garage sale, I went into town to meet up with Alan, the man who took me to see Robin Williams at Rod Laver Arena my first weekend in Melbourne. He lives in Adelaide and had given me his contact info so I could get in touch when I came here so I called him up last week and we arranged to meet for coffee. He was at a footy game all day yesterday and I was with my friends so we decided to meet in the city at 6:00. When I met him at the rail station, he asked if I wanted to go to dinner instead of coffee -- his treat! He took me to a really nice Argentinian restaurant downtown where we had steak and seafood and a bottle of Clare Valley (near Adelaide) Grenache! It was so nice. We had a great time talking and it was so cool to be able to tell him about my trip since I had met him at the very beginning of my adventure. After dinner I met up with Frazer and Poppy. We rocked out for hours at Distill, got some amazing gelato, and then went and met up with some of Frazer's friends at another bar called Crown & Sceptre. It was such a fun night, and this morning I got to sleep in again. I'm almost back to normal after the train. Tonight I'm going to try to get to sleep by 9 ... maybe 10. But as early as possible because I'm waking up at 5:00 to make it into the city and then out to the interstate rail station by 6:30 for my train to MELBOURNE!!! I'm soooo excited about the coming week in my favorite city in Australia. I'll get to hang out with my friends and family there, go to my first footy game, and see some great comedy -- it's the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this month and my friend Jon is performing almost every night. It should be a fabulous week. And then on April 12th, I come home! :D can't wait to see you all!

p.s. GO LAKERS!!!!! :D

:)