Breaking up with Melbourne

Tomorrow is our last day in Australia. I am very sad about it. A couple weeks ago I was getting excited about having our laundry done by mom and dad, free food, H&M, Shamrock burger and seeing everyone, but in the last couple days I've realized that all that stuff is going to be there forever and we only have one more day in Australia. We'll be back here for sure, but I still don't want to leave.

I was thinking about the posts about Australia in this blog and I think many of them reflect a negative vision of Australia, but truth be told, I love this place. Before I came I had this hugely romanticized image of what Australia was and when it wasn't that, I found flaws in everything. But living here has made me come around. I still don't

like the fact that Australia is about 10 years behind in terms of social attitudes, but I guess every country has it's faults.

Kurtis and I said that we are never going to move to another city because it is too painful when you leave. It is like breaking up with someone, but you are breaking up with that city. Melbourne is an amazing place to live and we had the best time this year.

Australian Word of the Day: "Sauce" - this means ketchup, but the horrifying thing about "sauce" here is that you have to pay for it when you are eating fast food! Paying for ketchup! Can you believe that? So dumb! Unfair! Unjust! Free ketchup with you fries is a basic human right! Hungry Jacks does give you free "sauce" so I always ask for extra and carry the packets in my purse so when I go to KFC I don't have to pay $0.30 for ketchup.