Melbourne - a great city

After twelve and a half hours of an annoying train trip, I finally arrived in Melbourne Spencer Street where I was welcomed by a muffin and my good old friend Nina from Freiburg. She ist studying her Bachelor here. Why was the train ride annoying some of you probably ask themselves? Well, if you ever complained about the German trains you really should experience a train ride here in Australia. The trains are slow, stop everywhere...Before you may bord the train, every cabin in front of you is filled up and then it is your turn. You have to check-in at the station of origin, just like at an airport...Just more things like that are really tyring. Nina and I went to a bar and had a beer while we were waiting for my ex-apartment mate Anne from the first year I studied in Freiburg. She came some two hours later and took me to her apartment where I am living at the moment with her and her boyfriend. The first time here in Melbourne was an emotional roller-coaster...The first ten days I was looking for jobs in bars, restaurants, and hotels. Till they replied, if they did after all, it took ten days until I had my first trials. These first ten days were really not so nice...I just was tired of travelling, had to fill every day to do something, did want to see the cultural sights of Melbourne and had some troubles at home. All I did was sleeping, exercising for the Melbourne Half Marathon on October 8, eating, and wanting to go home...But then I have started to work in two bars and since then things are getting steadily better. I begin to make friends, work some 40 hours per week and life comes back to normal...Let's see what the upcoming weeks bring up but I am rather positive...The city itself is awesome, I am living in the CBD which is made of nice-looking skyscrapers and inbetween you find those old houses from a century ago - a very good combination. I found a good place to run and hopefully I will run under 1:55h on the day of the Marathon...