Crickey! (i.e. oh gosh!) Jaime's attending has very kindly offered to let us borrow a car that no one uses anymore at his house, just until we can get one of our own. So we took the tram out to his house yesterday to pick it up and be a little daring! Everyone said that Melbourne had the best public transportation and they are right. The tram, which is all above ground, is really convenient and stretches out pretty far into the surrounding towns/burrows. The city reminds me alot of Boston mixed with NYC. You can take the tram well out of the 'city centre' and be in an area that seems neighborhood-like but yet with plenty of transportation and strips of city-life that you can walk and find everything you need. We trollied into Camberwell, which was probably a 20-30 minute ride, as it runs with traffic. It was a cute little area and this Saturday happened to be election day for a new prime minister! So the polls were bustling and signs were everywhere. We arrived at the house and were given the keys to this little, not even sure what kind, 80s looking car. It is tiny! And it is manual. And you have to drive on the right and on the other side of the road. We turned on our little Street King (Australian GPS) and headed out. Jaime did a really great job driving manually with his left hand! So weird! And did a great job driving overall...it is so weird to be sitting as a passenger on the left side. We stopped by our friend's house to pick up the last of our boxes of clothes that was shipped and then made our way home. He works for pepsico and so sent us home with a goody bag of samples of chips and fruit snacks. :) Driving here is absolutely crazy but Jaime caught on quick and practice makes perfect.
On my own though, I will be sticking to the trams. :)
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