When you live in Sydney there are plenty of good "weekend away with the girls" destinations. If you want good shopping, hidden cool bars and excellent restaurants combined with only a short plane trip (1h), Melbourne is the place to go. Therefore, in the true Sex And The City 2 spirit, Hanne, Francine, Tanya and I left for Melbourne on Thursday for our long weekend. June is actually a good time to go to Melbourne as it is low season due to autumn, and you can get really good bargains on accommodation and shopping. We rented a luxury apartment for a great price in the middle of St Kilda, a very vibrant and young suburb with lots of bars,cafes and restaurants. On Friday we woke up early feeling fresh and ready for some serious shopping. It has been raining non stop in Sydney the latest two weeks so it was good to wake up on the Friday to some good shopping weather. We spent the day in Chappel Street, one of the hot shopping strips in Melbourne (more Gruneløkka style) and we also found the cutest little dark,small and cozy Italian cafe where we had great lunch and marvelous wine. Friday turned out to be a slow shopping day as we could not really find the best bargains. On Saturday however, we found a huge Alana Hill (famous Australian designer) factory outlet store and we all went bananas. I bought two lovely dresses I cant wait to wear when summer is back in a couple of months.
The girls in front of Luna Park in St Kilda
having lunch in this pimped up factory on Saturday
Eating fresh Crab at Claypots seafood bar St Kilda on Saturday
Thats all I have time to write for now as I need my beauty sleep before starting on a new hard week at work tomorrow. And yes, I did loose some of my beauty sleep on the girls trip that I have to catch up on.
It is also a fact that what happens on a girl trip stays within the group, so I cant really reveal much other then that it was a great trip and Melbourne is definitely a great destination for a weekend away with the girls.
Have a fantastic week everyone.
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