Independence Day: Photo Albums 12 & 13
We leave Melbourne today to head to the suburbs... the Yarra Valley, to be precise. It's been an eventful and, as usual, challenging time in Melbourne. For all you folks out there who think that travelling is pure fun, let us clear things up for you!! Daily we are faced with fodder for disagreement or at least discussion (which, if you know either let alone both of us, you understand can be an ENDLESS affair). Questions we encounter include: what should we eat? should we go out or to the grocery? where should we go if we go out? what should we buy if we make our own meals? what should we do today? it's cold and cloudy. what are we doing here anyway? should we move here? when should we move here? why would we move? what are we after, anyway? what kind of life do we want? what's the meaning of life? ..... And most of this happens before noon.
While we've been in Melbourne we've stayed at a house in an inner suburb, much cheaper than a hostel. We had to commit to two weeks, so we've filled our time with visiting the Alexander Technique training program, wandering through neighborhoods with adorable houses and beautiful stained glass windows, skipping in the city parks, renting bicycles to ride along the Merri Creek path, checking out community gardens and a center for sustainability, researching on the internet, treating ourselves at this marvelous little chocolate shop nearby, dancing at several venues in town, watching movies with our housemates, and getting to know some new friends, Don and Sophie, courtesy of our Australian friend in Asheville, Paul. Alright, alright, it doesn't sound half bad, but interspersed throughout all are these unanswerable questions that dog us unrepentantly. Today we are heading out to visit the area near the Steiner teacher training program that has interested Kenneth. Will he like it? If he does, should we move here and live in the city (so he commutes) or in the suburbs (so I commute), 1-1/2 hours away? Is that any better than the situation we found in California? Why would we choose Melbourne over Berkeley/Santa Cruz? When would we start? Kenneth has decided he'd like to also try the Alexander Technique training program; how could he manage to attend both -- in what order? Should we split up the training time between the States and Melbourne, half or two-thirds? What if he doesn't like the Steiner school? Where then should we go? Should we move to Melbourne just for the hell of it, try it out? If we're not going to go to school in Melbourne, should we keep travelling around Australia? When else would we get back here? Are there other schools/cities we should look at? When are we gonna fit in getting married and having kids? And what should we do about buying a house? *** You can see how the list is endless. (Kenneth would like to interject that he does not worry so much about when we're having kids. But of course, he won't be having them....[ooo! he says. that hurt.]) By the way, we are eager to hear the wisdom of others, so feel free to put in your two cents worth. As always, we miss you and send you our love. --M&K
P.S. A special thank you goes out to new friends Mike and Vive, who graciously took us in for a wonderful final evening in New Zealand--complete with engaging conversation, a tasty dinner, a warm bed, and a ride to the Auckland airport in early morn of our departure. See, the world is a warm and friendly place!
While we've been in Melbourne we've stayed at a house in an inner suburb, much cheaper than a hostel. We had to commit to two weeks, so we've filled our time with visiting the Alexander Technique training program, wandering through neighborhoods with adorable houses and beautiful stained glass windows, skipping in the city parks, renting bicycles to ride along the Merri Creek path, checking out community gardens and a center for sustainability, researching on the internet, treating ourselves at this marvelous little chocolate shop nearby, dancing at several venues in town, watching movies with our housemates, and getting to know some new friends, Don and Sophie, courtesy of our Australian friend in Asheville, Paul. Alright, alright, it doesn't sound half bad, but interspersed throughout all are these unanswerable questions that dog us unrepentantly. Today we are heading out to visit the area near the Steiner teacher training program that has interested Kenneth. Will he like it? If he does, should we move here and live in the city (so he commutes) or in the suburbs (so I commute), 1-1/2 hours away? Is that any better than the situation we found in California? Why would we choose Melbourne over Berkeley/Santa Cruz? When would we start? Kenneth has decided he'd like to also try the Alexander Technique training program; how could he manage to attend both -- in what order? Should we split up the training time between the States and Melbourne, half or two-thirds? What if he doesn't like the Steiner school? Where then should we go? Should we move to Melbourne just for the hell of it, try it out? If we're not going to go to school in Melbourne, should we keep travelling around Australia? When else would we get back here? Are there other schools/cities we should look at? When are we gonna fit in getting married and having kids? And what should we do about buying a house? *** You can see how the list is endless. (Kenneth would like to interject that he does not worry so much about when we're having kids. But of course, he won't be having them....[ooo! he says. that hurt.]) By the way, we are eager to hear the wisdom of others, so feel free to put in your two cents worth. As always, we miss you and send you our love. --M&K
P.S. A special thank you goes out to new friends Mike and Vive, who graciously took us in for a wonderful final evening in New Zealand--complete with engaging conversation, a tasty dinner, a warm bed, and a ride to the Auckland airport in early morn of our departure. See, the world is a warm and friendly place!
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