settling in in Melboure

Ola!
Trying to keep up on my word to do this more frequently as to not overwhelm everyone with boredom when i have to rant on and on.
So, our first week in Melbourne has been great. This city is so full of cluture and life: beautiful parks near the river and all thorugh out the city, museums and art all through the city, sporting events (the australia open this week), music festivals (big day out on the 26th that we're going to. check out the website bigdayout.com), tons of restaurants and pubs, and tons of wonderful shopping that i can't do! at night the city is just as alive as it is during the day and all the lights and art around make it so georgous.
we've been keeping busy by going to recruitment agencies mostly every morning this week to do interviews, testing, and such. and then walking around the city getting ourselves oriented. we have gone to the market both the day one and the once a week night one. the day one is where we get all our cheap fruit and veggies - and lots of samples! yummy!the night market is less a flea market and more food vendors and really cool booths with clothing from asia and neat jewlery and that type of thing.
the place we're staying is a guest house type of accommodation in a bohemian-hippie type area of the city. lots of cafes and restaurants and op shops (2nd hand stores) around us. and we're only a 5 minute tram ride from city centre. if you're interested, you can check out exactly where we're staying at: http://www.holidaycamp.net.au/ . We're in a 6 share dorm room with 2 other girls that are here for a while. it's nice to have steady roommies. one is from scotland and the other from england. both have traveled prior to here and have great stories. we get along with them really well.
monday we have a final interview for full time work! woohooo. it's at an inbound call centre making great pay and free gym access. working 12-8 which should be pretty much perfect. and much appreciated on days when it's 39 degrees outside!
we're going to the australia open on the 20th, and to big day out on the 26th. so those are our 2 exciting events. other than that we're going to try to get busy once we've made some money. laying low until then.
will let you know how it all goes and if any exciting adventures come up
hope all is well with everyone. miss you lots and hope to hear from you all soon.
LOVE! xoxo