Now let us begin the travelogue. Mood nak menulis totally ke laut so terimalah seadanya. :P
Day 1(Tuesday)
Arrival on time despite a 45minutes flight delay from KL. Pecut ke apa abang pilot? anyway We reached there about 830am and straight away struggling to get ourselves out of the airport. It was a mess. The airport is under constructions the que is long at the immigration but somehow kuasa Tuhan it was super fast. But my first test was to pick up the luggage. It was massive chaos at the luggage claim and no trolleys in sight. I finally got my 2 big luggage, 1 stollers and 2 toddlers with no trolley. Ended up, I carried the stroller, 1 hand with luggage, 1 hand with khazin and efi had to drag another luggage and carry his rucksack. Giller nyer keje. Then we spotted one abandoned trolly, like God sent. And after that all runs smooth. We didnt declare anything as hubby already came 2 days earlier with all the foods. Let him do all the dirty work and I got thru customs at ease.
Once we are outside of the airport it was damn cold. 8 degree and raining some more. Hailed a cab and off to our hotel. It cost us close to AUD60 for that. (Mental note: if u start converting ur money when u travel, satu hapak benda pun x jadi). Reached hotel, enjoyed the comfort of it. Hubby stocked up bread and milk for us. And I whipped bread with nutella and get the boys to eat cereal too. Lps rehat kejap we refreshed and all, put on new clothes, jacket and socks now we are ready to hit the street bebeh.
Plan of the day to explore the city on foot. By 11 we are on our foot already. I need to know where is the supermarket, important to stock up eggs, veggies and milk. I need to know the shops (hahahaha) and also eateries areas. This is Melbourne CBD Map.. And tell u it was fun fun fun to walk from one to another. The box from King St to Spring St. is where we cover to the top of La Trobe St and Flinders St. where we start off with.
Thus, Armed with the map and also some tips from few people we headed down to Federation Sq/Flinders St. Train station where the heart of Melbourne CDB, 200m from our hotels. It was cold, but i am liking it. As i mentioned earlier, Melbourne is super stylish, vibrant city with its shops, people, arts and modern and old architecture. I am loving every single bit of it. There's people everywhere A LOT but thank God Khazin is in tact on stroller and Efi will always hold on to me all the time.
We walked on every single street and allies. We spotted Coles express -open 24 hrs, Woolworth opens from 8-10pm daily, the famous branded street-Collins St, Myers David Jones and etc. Isshh, every single corner of Melb is shops. Everywhere is shops either selling food or stuffs. Giller and naik juling mata. U ended up not buying anything as its like everywhere sume rasa nak beli but u keep on saying it's ok I'll go and see the one up front ended up you will be on different street selling something else already. After we have walked for a good 2 hrs I guess, we cover up north east west and finally we are at chinatown area, its already close to the famous QV Central. There's an old town kopitiam mamak here. so teruslah cergas to enjoy our 1st lunch in melbourne. Had a scrumptious nasik ayam and mee goreng. No food picture, koser nak amik. While I was texting with a friend there teruslah lepas makan menjengah David Jones. And sempat I found this small home ware shops where my first shopping officiate inside here. :P
Then off we went to DJ and met Rini and Adam. Khazin buat his 1st business so melepak dlm parents room kejap, what a way of meeting up. kakakakakakak... off course byk lagi kes berjumpa slps itula kan. Then we parted way Khazin tido and both Khilfi and myself menjelajah the city again. I truly amazed with Khilfi's capabilities of walking. He didnt complained but need to bribe with ice cream once we reached the hotel. :P anyway the capabilities of him to stroll along the city was something amazing for a 6 yrs old since 11am. One thing about Melbourne CBD their alleys also very interesting. I found a city library, rows of eateries area, flower shop (love it) and more royal archade too. All by exploring those streets and alleys. After few alleys and shops we decided to just make our final call at Coles to get veggies, eggs and some titbits and we are off to cross the river back to our hotel area.
There's a small mall next to our hotel. We had our gelato inside and my boy loves it. Had one round of shop at Cotton on and we walk more to explore the Southbank area. We finally back at our hotel around 430pm and just resting till hubby come back from work around 5+. Once Khazin awake, we went next door get some buttered chicken and curry and just walk around lil bit. Back at our hotel, I cook some rice and fried veggies and had it with the chicken just now. That night we just call off to bed early. It has been a long day and both khilfi and myself just had like 2 hours sleep on the flight before. Overall, it was a great day and d boys are doing good even with hubby not around. And I am so happy.
More to come day 2 onwards. Toodles.
