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rtw rookies: the recap, the revelation & the full itinerary
Our full itinerary from five months on the road. We started in NYC, moved west, and learned... we're not very good at being traditional long-term travelers. At all.
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city escapes: ditching melbourne for phillip island
Though we loved Melbourne with all our little hearts, we started to feel like a roadtrip out of town wouldn’t be a bad use of time. The cafes and bars were draining our wallets, and a little fresh air was starting to sound good. Enter: a mini roadtrip to Phillip Island. (God, what did camping in New Zealand DO to us city folk?!) And so it was decided: near the end of our time in Melbourne, we hopped in our cute little Europcar day rental, and made our way toward the island. Turns out, this was an amazing idea because Phillip…
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sitting pretty: ten days in melbourne
As you may recall, the hubs and I treated our ten days Melbourne as a bit of a home base during our month in Australia. We didn’t stay in the same place the entire time, mind you. We chose to split our nights between the Westin Melbourne (ahthankyou, Starpoints) and an AirBnb apartment share. But staying put for an extended period was exceptionally nice after so much hopping around in New Zealand. Obviously, even though we planned to slow down in Melbourne, we didn’t really stay sedentary for long. Instead, we spent ten days trying to enjoy all the city…
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hidden secrets: touring melbourne’s lanes & arcades
Out of everywhere in Australia, the hubs and I wanted to spend the most time in Melbourne. We decided well in advance that we’d turn the city into a mini home base, and stayed for a full ten days before making our way across the rest of the country. Having recently confirmed that walking tours are the perfect intro to a new city, we were excited to start our exploring early, and joined Hidden Secret Tour’s Lanes & Arcades tour on one of our first mornings. Because I am not about to follow some guy carrying a giant orange umbrella…
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foodie break: bangpop, melbourne
I’m interrupting myself: it’s time to take a momentary mini-break from Fijian recaps, and fast forward to Melbourne for a minute. The biggest reason? I’m starting to forget one of the best meals we’ve had on this trip thus far, and I just can’t let that happen. Enter: BangPop. When we arrived in Melbourne, we were invited to try out a new Thai street food-inspired restaurant called BangPop, situated in an up and coming neighborhood called South Wharf. As an out-of-towner (or, more accurately, an other-side-of-the-worlder), I wasn’t loving local reactions when we said we had Saturday night dinner plans…
