W krainie deszczowcow - czy to dalej Australia? :) / Last days together in Melbourne

Gosia:
Nasi kierowcy dowoza nas na dzielnice gdzie chcemy sie dostac i zostawiaja namiary na siebie gdybysmy chcieli sie z nimi spotkac ktoregos wieczorku w Melbourne.
Przechodzimy na druga strone ulicy i idziemy do 20 pietrowych wiezowcow. W jednym z nich mieszka Marysia (nazywana tutaj Maryla). Marysia jest Polka i mieszka tu od ponad 40 lat. Jest znajoma znajomych Bartka i zatrzymamy sie u niej najblizsze 2 dni. Marysia przyjmuje nas bardzo cieplo i przygotowuje fantastyczne smakolyki (tez jest wegetarianka wiec mamy ful-wypas) :)
A blok w ktorym mieszkamy to blok w ktorym mieszkaja w wiekszosci emigranici. Jakies 85% to ludzie z Afryki. Jest tu niesamowita atmosfera. Mieszkamy na 12tym pietrze - jak to dziwnie po 2 miesiacach mieszkania tylko w parterowych dokach znalezc sie tak wysoko :)

Bartek:
Our host in Melbourne is a Polish lady, who came here 45 years ago. Shower, dinner, and in the evening we go out for internet - I got my ticket (eventually! 2 days before leaving) and print it.

28.03.2010

Gosia:
Dzien miejski. Idziemy z Marysia na targ Victoria Market gdzie sa owoce, warzywa, mieso, ciuch i pamiatki. Jest tez polski sklep ale w 80% towar to mieso. Dopiero jak sie zajrzy glebiej to mozna zobaczyc Kasztanki, Michalki, Ptasie Mleczka :) Nas jednak dzis najbardziej interesuje czesc z ubraniami i pamiatkami. Ja kupuje sobie swietne zielone spodnie i koszule z Nepalu. Bartus 2 koszule. No i niezliczona ilosc innych rzeczy :) Bartus kupuje 3,5 kg orzechow Macademia ktorych nie ma u nas w Polsce. A potem idziemy do miasta, do ogrodu botanicznego (tylko na skrawek) i wracamy na obiad do domu. Wieczorkiem idziemy spotkac sie z Nicola. Nicola byla naszym gosciem w Krakowie i zaprasza nas do siebie. Chcac zaoszczedzic na bilecie (3,7$ czyli jakies 10zl) idziemy na piechote ale dopiero po przejsciu kawalka zauwazamy ze to jest ponad 8km :) Tak czy inaczej mamy fajny spacer. U Nicoli spotykamy tez jej wspollokatorow i gosci. Rozmawiamy sobie jakas godzinke a potem my wracamy do domku.

Bartek:
Sunday :) Delicious breakfest and we go shopping in Queen Victoria Market. The prices are pretty chip as for Australia. We find few places with Indian/Nepal clothes where we buy few items. I buy 1,5 kg raw and 2kg honey roasted macademia nuts, I love them! :) Walk in the city centre (there is nothing like a old town in Australia and New Zealand - the oldest cities are bit more than 200 years old). We get back to our host, eat dinner she prepared, and walk to our CS friend we hosted in Krakow. We didn't know that it's about 10km - so we are a bit late :) Nice meeting, and we go back with train and at 10pm we are home.

29.03.2010

Gosia:
Wstajemy, jemy sniadanko i idziemy na zakupy na Sydney Road. Tu jest duzo ciuchlandow i sklepow z Bliskiego Wschodu i krajow Arabskich. Bartus kupuje 7 bluzek i spodni a ja wielkiego melona :) A potem wracamy na obiadek. Po obiadku spotykamy sie z Sara ktora byla jednym z naszych pierwszych gosci w Krakowie. Siedzymy razem z godzinke, a potem kolejne spotkanie - z Ana - siostra Sophii ktora goscila nas w Canberze. Obie dziewczyny byly u nas, a potem w Bystrej u Jurka. O 18tej Bartus rusza na samolot. Marysia odwozi go na dworzec skad ma autobus na lotnisko. A ja zegnam sie z Bartusiem pod blokiem i ruszam dalej z Ana, bo u niej bede dzis nocowac.

Bartek:
Last day together.
We walk again for shopping. I buy 7 clothes in huge second-hand shop :) I hope I will manage to pack up all this things we bought. I do, but it's not easy. I've got 50+10liters backpack, and fit there all the stuff I was carrying, over 5 kg from Gosia - things she doesn't need or she just bought, 3,5kg macademia, my 10 new clothes... My backpack and hand bagage are very full, 25kg all together so that's just what I can take with me on plane. Just before I have to leave we meet with 2 others Aussie friends we met hosted in Krakow, and time to leave.


Bartek's way back home:
I take a tram to bus/train station and take a bus to airport.
First 2 flights are with Edihad Airlines, with 2hours time in Abu Dhabifor changing the planes. I have never flown in such a luxurious plane, where all is included in price od the ticket. Of course everyone has his own LCD sreen. There was chocie of 80 movies pf all kinds to watch, about 80 albums to listen to, 30 games for kids as well as for older, and much more. They served few times cold snacks, 2 times a hot meal, beverages almost all the time, even they served ice creams. Everyone get a pillow, blanket, head set, stoppers, socks... and it's all for free (or maybe better: included in the price). I checked the price myself in the internet, but it was much cheaper to buy it through flight centre. (from Auckland to London - one way - it was about 600euros)
I'm very surprised that 22 hours in the air are over so fast :) (I bought also sudoku before, for planes and airports and it helped me a lot :))
Then in Lodnon I change airports with national bus, from heathrow to stansted. I've never seen so big crowds on Stansted, people running everywhere. I guess it's due to Eastern time. Last plane to Wroclaw - 2hours, after 22 hours on plane I feel as we land just after we take off :) Poland! :) It's much cooler here, I like it! :) Taxi to train station, night train to Lodz with one change, and taxi form train station to... home, sweet home :)

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