Friday: was pretty lame. I think the 40 hrs of transit, jet lag, the overall adrenaline from the move finally caught up with us...or maybe the KFC might had something to do with it...
Saturday: started off with a few apartment inspections in New Farm....cute neighborhood with an Adam's Avenue feel but with more little shops, cafes and restaurants within 3 km from downtown Brisbane.
After a dozen apartments, there was only one that we fell in love with and it won't be available until May 18th!! It was a good day to drive around and see the neighborhoods...fave areas to possible live are:
Spring Hill
New Farm
West End
When the crazy apartment hunting was done, we went to Streets Beach in South Brisbane which is a man-made beach next to the river in the city. We walked along the river and checked out the place... it's so far my favorite place to walk around, it seems like a good place to lounge since there are grassy areas and also the man made beach and there are tons of cafes and restaurants and it is next to the Brisbane Performing Arts Center... I guess I can watch the Don Quixote Ballet after all...SCORE!
Afterwards, Danny and I visited what we thought was a farmer's market with fresh fruits and veggies in New Farm... but it was a clothing and craft market... cute clothes and crafts but no fresh fruits and veggies.
In the evening we walked around South Brisbane but we decided to cross the Victoria Bridge to downtown Brisbane and did some more walking around <3
The highlight of Saturday: OUR FIRST NAP IN AUSTRALIA
Sunday/Monday: pretty boring day actually... we got gypsied by the rental car company, we checked more apartment listings, wrote down open inspection dates & times and planned out our inspections for the week, did more apartment inspections, got a $200 AUD parking ticket for parking in a no parking zone for honestly 3.5 minutes, filled out apartment applications and all the while, managing to squeeze in some episodes of Law & Order, CSI, Man vs. Wild and a few other Nat Geo and Discovery Channel documentaries.
some sights from our city:
Saturday: started off with a few apartment inspections in New Farm....cute neighborhood with an Adam's Avenue feel but with more little shops, cafes and restaurants within 3 km from downtown Brisbane.
After a dozen apartments, there was only one that we fell in love with and it won't be available until May 18th!! It was a good day to drive around and see the neighborhoods...fave areas to possible live are:
Spring Hill
New Farm
West End
When the crazy apartment hunting was done, we went to Streets Beach in South Brisbane which is a man-made beach next to the river in the city. We walked along the river and checked out the place... it's so far my favorite place to walk around, it seems like a good place to lounge since there are grassy areas and also the man made beach and there are tons of cafes and restaurants and it is next to the Brisbane Performing Arts Center... I guess I can watch the Don Quixote Ballet after all...SCORE!
Afterwards, Danny and I visited what we thought was a farmer's market with fresh fruits and veggies in New Farm... but it was a clothing and craft market... cute clothes and crafts but no fresh fruits and veggies.
In the evening we walked around South Brisbane but we decided to cross the Victoria Bridge to downtown Brisbane and did some more walking around <3
The highlight of Saturday: OUR FIRST NAP IN AUSTRALIA
Sunday/Monday: pretty boring day actually... we got gypsied by the rental car company, we checked more apartment listings, wrote down open inspection dates & times and planned out our inspections for the week, did more apartment inspections, got a $200 AUD parking ticket for parking in a no parking zone for honestly 3.5 minutes, filled out apartment applications and all the while, managing to squeeze in some episodes of Law & Order, CSI, Man vs. Wild and a few other Nat Geo and Discovery Channel documentaries.
some sights from our city:
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