Once we arrived in Melbourne, Adam so graciously drove us to our hotel and he and Kevin asked if we wanted to check in and change really quick or meet them out a little later. We chose the latter as we had not slept the night before (see blog post Shrimp on the Barbie) and wanted to get in a quick nap. This was all around 5:30. Fast forward to 9:34 PM. I awoke to the sound of the hotel phone ringing. I roll over, pick it up and put it back down on the set, effectively hanging up on whomever was calling. I was awake and knew what I was doing but for some reason, in my sleepy haze, believed it was what I was supposed to do. I see the clock (9:34) and roll back over to Lindsey telling her the time. She awakes and tells me, “It’s before nine……Filo hasn’t called.” I immediately think she must know what is going on because of the matter of fact nature of her speech. She starts checking her cell phone and said he in fact did call some 5 times and texted her. Meanwhile the hotel phone rings again. This time I pick it up and put it to my ear. On the other end, a voice says, “Hey”. I respond, “Hey,” having really no idea who it is. Then the voice says, “Is this Lindsey or Jaime?” At this point my pea size brain understands that it is Filo forgoing the cell phone calls to the hotel room phone to contact us. From what I remember at this point, I just told him that we overslept and that we needed to get ready and then we would meet them. The whole thing was so confusing and funny! Later that evening Filo told us that he had to go back through information and the front desk at our hotel to get our room again since we had hung up on him! This would explain the "you ladies tired?" comment that the concierge made to us as we walked out to get a cab.
So, in a flash we got ready, and took a cab to the Corner Bar in Richmond. It was a cool music venue a rooftop bar. We drank a “pot” of beer and hung out for a bit. We then moved over to another bar in an old Post Office. The décor was awesome.
Insert Light fixture at Post Office Bar
This is where we learned about Australia v. USA. Kevin and Adam have an ongoing list of items that differ from Australia to the States. From burgers, to money, from Mexican food to bacon, they had developed arguments for each country’s version. It was hilarious. Don’t worry Americans, we won on the burger and Mexican food.
Since the Night Cat was closed and vW and I hadn’t eaten since the Gold Coast earlier that day, we then had a kebab at a small restaurant next to the post office bar. I would liken their kebab shops to a burrito stand in the states. Most of the people in the place were heavily intoxicated (it was by this point 11 PM) and the souvlaki’s were huge! Side note: in your head say the work kebab. Notice that at the second syllable, it is a long a that sits between the b’s. The Australian’s, who claim we always say things with unrefined short a’s, say kebab like kee-bab, with the bab rhyming with bad.
Anyway, we moved on after the kee-babs, to a place called EuroTrash. This was a multi level maze like dance club. As dance/techno music is very popular there, it was a neat albeit strange experience. There were only a few rooms open. One room being the room we entered the establishment and the other being the dance room. The additional places to hang out were small covered outside rooms and the stair shafts. We had such a great time hanging with Adam and Filo at this place. They both really are fun and great hosts!
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