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First Weekend Back in Melbourne

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 by Courtney

We spent the first week back in Melbourne readjusting to the winter cold and time change.  So when the weekend came around we were ready to have some fun.  We started the weekend with some good yum cha (or what we would call dim sum) in Chinatown. After dim sum, we walked over to Federation […]

Melbourne Open House

Posted: July 25th, 2010 by Courtney

This weekend was Melbourne Open House, where over 60 building were opened to the public for tours. While Scott was at his soccer game, I decided to check a couple out including the Melbourne Town Hall, Old Treasury Building, Parliament building, and Intercontinental Hotel. First was the Melbourne Town Hall and Administration buildings, which are […]

“A day in Belgium”

Posted: July 17th, 2010 by Courtney

The first part of our “day in Belgium” was a trip to Koko Black, a very well known Melbourne chocolate shop and cafe.  Koko Black’s founding chocolatier was from Burges, Belgium bringing the Belgian chocolate heritage to Melbourne.  We ordered their famous hot chocolate and Belgian chocolate mousse.  The hot chocolate was the best we’ve […]