We finally made it...

After a couple of long days of travel, we finally arrived in Melbourne. Aside from the drivers sitting on the wrong side of the cars, and the cars being driven on the wrong side of the roads, it actually feels a lot like Canada. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise, because then we don't feel so far away from home. We checked into our hotel, took much needed showers, and then set out to find a place to live. The main downtown area of Melbourne is really well laid out and easy to navigate, which was helpful when trying to find the rentals that were open for inspection (similar to an open house). We looked at 5 apartments today, both studios and 1 bedrooms, that ranged from about $250-$350 per week. One of the largest (and most expensive) that we looked at was probably about the size of our living room at home, so it is definitely going to be an adjustment! Tomorrow we plan on learning the bus, tram, and train system to find my school and to look at apartments outside of the main downtown area, since they are a little cheaper, and hopefully a little larger.