So here we were, in Australia! First few days in Perth went by quietly. On Wednesday we slept the whole day and woke up in the evening. We went to buy some food but the store was closed :( We didn’t know they close shops so early. In Estonia you can buy food until 11 pm. But here the food stores are usually open until 8 pm. Other stores and shopping centres are open until 5 pm. During the first week we shopped a lot, bought a few blouses and hats and footware. I already had a lot of blouses so we overspent again. Anyway, now I have MORE blouses! But they are really beautiful and were so cheap. How could I have not bought them :) Clothes are cheap here compared to Estonia. You can find good jeans for only 20 AUD and blouses for 10 AUD. A good place to shop in Perth is Harbour Town which is in Northbridge district. It’s an outlet shopping centre and they have discounts all the time.
I haven’t told you about Perth city yet. It is really beautiful and clean, people are so helpful and friendly. They always smile and ask how are you. At first it was funny but now it’s a normal part of communication. I have noticed that I smile and laugh 10 times more than in my home country. People on the streets seem so happy and it’s contagious :)
I must describe our life in the Ocean Beach Backpackers, too. In the beginning we had a double room with one big bed. We could have cuddled if we wanted to :) We had our own bathroom and it was great. We paid 33 AUD per night per person. But then we moved to a dorm room which was awfully messy and there was like no room for our things. Somehow we managed to fit in and it wasn’t so bad. There were 6 people in that dorm room, others were from London. We paid 23 AUD per night there, it was much cheaper than a double room. The hostel was only 20 metres from the ocean. The beach was awesome, now I love the water even more. Clear water and foamy waves, sunshine and hot weather – it was paradise :) We miss that place…
Life at the hostel was really fun – so many people from different countries. There was a TV room, movie room, courtyard, cafe and next door was a pub. We went there a few times too. Nothing special but a good place to hang out. Mostly people from UK lived at our hostel but also Italians, Germans, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish etc.
As you can imagine we took thousands of pictures. I love my camera and taking photos, so it was fun for us. Almost every time we went somewhere we had at least one camera with us – on the beach, in the city, at the pub – you name it. One day on the beach we met two Brazilian guys – Carlos and Paulo. They took a lot of photos of us, that was fun fun fun :))
I haven’t told you about Perth city yet. It is really beautiful and clean, people are so helpful and friendly. They always smile and ask how are you. At first it was funny but now it’s a normal part of communication. I have noticed that I smile and laugh 10 times more than in my home country. People on the streets seem so happy and it’s contagious :)
I must describe our life in the Ocean Beach Backpackers, too. In the beginning we had a double room with one big bed. We could have cuddled if we wanted to :) We had our own bathroom and it was great. We paid 33 AUD per night per person. But then we moved to a dorm room which was awfully messy and there was like no room for our things. Somehow we managed to fit in and it wasn’t so bad. There were 6 people in that dorm room, others were from London. We paid 23 AUD per night there, it was much cheaper than a double room. The hostel was only 20 metres from the ocean. The beach was awesome, now I love the water even more. Clear water and foamy waves, sunshine and hot weather – it was paradise :) We miss that place…
Life at the hostel was really fun – so many people from different countries. There was a TV room, movie room, courtyard, cafe and next door was a pub. We went there a few times too. Nothing special but a good place to hang out. Mostly people from UK lived at our hostel but also Italians, Germans, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish etc.
As you can imagine we took thousands of pictures. I love my camera and taking photos, so it was fun for us. Almost every time we went somewhere we had at least one camera with us – on the beach, in the city, at the pub – you name it. One day on the beach we met two Brazilian guys – Carlos and Paulo. They took a lot of photos of us, that was fun fun fun :))
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