100 Days

So in keeping with the tradition of arbitrarily assigning importance to the first 100 days of the presidency, I would like to use this post to mark 100 days of being in Australia. I can say that I've settled in pretty well. I wander the city map free frequently, and recently gave advice to someone who is coming to Melbourne about house hunting. Amazing how three months can turn you into an expert. I mentioned in a past post that Uni Melb's campus was hard to navigate, but as a mouse soon learns the correct path to the cheese, so have I learned my way around campus rather well. It's really just a matter of getting used to how the university operates, and letting the unfamiliar become familiar with time. I also ride my bike everywhere. To university, to the market, to the park, to friends' flats, to the central business district, any and everywhere. I've ridden my bike so much that it's now second nature to hop on it and start pedaling. I don’t get near as tired as I used to pedaling around everywhere, and Melbourne is set up to accommodate cyclist really well, with bike lanes on almost every street. Because I’m always on the roads, I’ve become well acquainted with driving on the left side. I saw a movie the other day (Star Trek, which was excellent), and a scene showing a car driving on the right side of the road looked strange to me. Now I know I’m settled here.