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Nov 21: hot day, up to 40 C, grass pollen forecast EXTREME, along with warnings about "epidemic thunderstorm asthma", which seems to be something that mostly happens in Melbourne, where storm + pollen = lots of asthma attacks at once. I don't have asthma but going out seemed a good way of 'fixing'. that.
Temperature collapsed in the afternoon, from 40 at 2pm to 18 at 5pm, so I did go out for a game event, but the trams were choked again, and walking + food would have gotten me there well after the start time, so I walked around the nearby park a bit instead, and chatted with my hosts.
Nov 22: Went to the National Gallery of Victory (NGV) which is 5 minutes away, free, and deceptively huge. I did my father's "walk around quickly to see what's there". The first galley took 3 minutes, the second (Asian art) took 9, but the rest (second floor and mezzanine) took the rest of an hour! And that's not even the whole museum, because the Mesoamerican galley is closed for some gala event, and won't open again until after I leave. I am very sad.
Some highlights to return for: Venetian glass, the Asian art (CJK and India, mostly), Impressionist paintings. There's also a lot of modern 'design' stuff, plus some special galleries on 'comme' (ridiculous dresses, AFAICT) which could be worth a look.
Went to Japanese exchange again, got less out of it, people were talking in Japanese more rather than giving free tutoring. Still fun.
Trams were annoying again, several full ones in a row, but I actually took one. I hope they're fine tomorrow, I really want to go to the St Kilda game night again, that was pure fun.
Temperature collapsed in the afternoon, from 40 at 2pm to 18 at 5pm, so I did go out for a game event, but the trams were choked again, and walking + food would have gotten me there well after the start time, so I walked around the nearby park a bit instead, and chatted with my hosts.
Nov 22: Went to the National Gallery of Victory (NGV) which is 5 minutes away, free, and deceptively huge. I did my father's "walk around quickly to see what's there". The first galley took 3 minutes, the second (Asian art) took 9, but the rest (second floor and mezzanine) took the rest of an hour! And that's not even the whole museum, because the Mesoamerican galley is closed for some gala event, and won't open again until after I leave. I am very sad.
Some highlights to return for: Venetian glass, the Asian art (CJK and India, mostly), Impressionist paintings. There's also a lot of modern 'design' stuff, plus some special galleries on 'comme' (ridiculous dresses, AFAICT) which could be worth a look.
Went to Japanese exchange again, got less out of it, people were talking in Japanese more rather than giving free tutoring. Still fun.
Trams were annoying again, several full ones in a row, but I actually took one. I hope they're fine tomorrow, I really want to go to the St Kilda game night again, that was pure fun.