Last day in Melbourne

Here are some photos of our last day in Melbourne, July 2, 2023. As you can see in the pictures below of the Yarra River and the Melbourne skyline, it was a rainy but pretty day.

Take a look at the picture below. This, my friends, is a “magic,” invented in Melbourne. “Magic is the coffee order that you won’t find on any menu, but one that signals to staff a certain caffeinated insider status…. The order is technically a double shot of ristretto (a coffee shot more potent than an espresso) accompanied by a three-quarter flat white.” Read more about it here and here.

On our last day, we took a tram to the suburb of Fitzroy, northeast of Melbourne’s Central Business District. Fitzroy was planned as Melbourne's first suburb in 1839 and is now a cultural hub known for its live music scene and street art. This pizzeria advert we spotted in Fitzroy made me laugh.

 

Our last meal in Melbourne was a dinner of bread, cheese, olives, bourekas, and stuffed grape leaves that we bought earlier in the day at the Queen Victoria Market, which dates back to the 1870s.

 

Early the next morning we checked out of our hotel, bid farewell to Melbourne, and took an Uber to the airport. We departed Melbourne on the morning of July 3 and—because our 14-hour flight crossed the International Date Line—we arrived in San Francisco on the same morning, July 3. We had returned to the States just in time for Independence Day.