Last Day in Melbourne

I forgot to mention that during my sight-seeing rounds, I came across another reason why Melbourne rocks. There is an art fair on right now where heaps of galleries from all around Australia and some from Europe and Asia show their artwork. Normally the price of admission is $22 but I saw most of for free! I came on the day before it opened officially when everyone was still setting up the artwork. So I just walked around and looked at the art and, in my opinion, got a better perspective because I got to see how most of it gets displayed. It was pretty cool to see how some pieces get put together like puzzle pieces or painted right onto the wall. Either way, free art is cool. Unfortunately, I still had to pay $20 for the Picasso/Dora Maar exhibit last night, but I'd say it was worth it. It showed how the two of them influenced each other's work and Dora Maar's photos of the process of creating Guernica, Picasso's most famous painting, were pretty exciting.

I also saw an amazing documentary yesterday, part of the Melbourne International Film Festival. It's called Shakespeare Behind Bars and follows an acting troupe of inmates at a Kentucky prison as they rehearse and eventually perform The Tempest. So good! If anyone gets a chance to see it, definitely check it out.

LOL, so basically at this point I'm just walking around the city using all my free internet vouchers...hooray for not paying for internet! Which also leads me to believe I am sort of ready to leave Melbourne. As cool as it's been, I think I've seen and done everything I wanted to and now it's starting to cost a bit of $$$. I'm also looking forward to returning to Sydney for a bit of a last hurrah, even though I officially have just two friends left in the city :-(

And I think I'm starting to look forward to coming home a bit more, although the heat wave I've been hearing about is worrying me a little. Just 4 more days...

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