mkmk42

Melbourne

Posted by mkmk42 | 3rd May 2006

Arriving in Melbourne we checked into the Tolarno Hotel very late!
See www.tolarno.com.au it is a great place! Art all over the place and mixed matched walls (our small bedroom has 6 different wall colors - from Mauve to Perwinkle Blue to Champagne and Olive Green) and on top a twin bed sized oil painting of a Flamenco Group over our queen sized bed! St Kilda (the area where our hotel is) is like the West Village before it got Starbucks & Co.! A bit grungy and upscale and very interesting!
Yesterday, Monika had a really bad Migrane attack and went to bed as soon as we checked in. Jakob then went downstairs and had the choice of three bars (within the hotel) and ordered a beer. Before the beer arrived he was entangled in a conversation with Michael and Richard - two family fathers who were "out on the town" for the night. They gave Jakob tons of details for going out in Melbourne, where to stop on our Great Ocean Road drive and general great tips on how to "spoil" Monika (as if

Continued | Australia 2006 with Jakob and Monika

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