This town is such an easy and great place to walk around and we've spent hour upon hour getting lost amongst the streets.  We've filled most of the past 4 days just wandering - that's what we wandering walkers do best.  The contrast of modern/contemporary architecture and classic Georgian and Victorian structures are wonderful, and gives the city quite an eclectic feel.  This truly reminds me of the contrast between the Victorians of SF and the contemporary style of 1600 Webster (our home)!

The Melbourne Aquarium was a wonderful way to spend the morning yesterday, as I am a true lover of sea-life.  We were even lucky enough to catch the sting ray and shark feeding.  Although the place was filled with mom's and their 3-year-old toddlers, I was just as amused as them watching and absorbing all the wonderful exhibits.

We strolled along the Yarra River Walkway in the South Bank to the Crown Casino, which was seriously Las Vegas style in size and granduer.  From there we crossed the Queens Bridge and headed towards Chinatown.  When a street merchant handed us a fortune cookie we were inspired to dine on dim sum (smart sales tactic), which we thought was a perfect way to celebrate Chinese New Year.  I even had my first taste of a shark fin dumpling that of course was similar to chicken.

Today we took the tram to St. Kilda, an area that has great beaches, tons of restaurants and cafes, and is esepcially known for the cake shops.  Once Jason found out about the notoriety of this area for sweets we were sold and on the next tram out there.  We couldn't forgo trying at least one little cake delight so we indulged on a vanilla cream pastry thingy.  We needed to work off our splurge, which a walk to St. Kilda beach, out to the pier, and up Fitzroy hopefully took care of.

We've enjoyed everything about Melbourne, particularly the "homey" feeling of being close to SF as this town is earily similar to our dear city by the bay. We only have one last night to live it up in this remarkable place.  Next we're jetsetting to Brisbane where we begin an exciting two week stint along the Queensland East Coast.