This is my second time to Melbourne but this time is for work. Took SQ business to Melbourne but was not impressed with the seats on the business class. I wanted to have the fish special on the menu but was told they ran out of the fish. What a disappointment.
It was pretty late by the time we checked in and decided to go out for dinner. We walked along the Yarra River and eventually stopped at this italian restaurant for dinner. I had seafood risotto and the portion is really huge. I just polished off the seafood but not the risotto.
Next morning we were off to my office in Melbourne. It was a pretty short ride to the office. Met up with the people and had a really good discussion. Dinner was organised for us that evening and dinner was wonderful. The steaks that my aussie colleagues ordered were really huge. After dinner, we went to a hotel which has a good view of the city skyline for a drink and that concludes the day.
The next day went on pretty well too. We managed to finish everything around lunch and I had the chance to go to the DFO for a walk and bought some stuff. We met up with another colleague in the evening to visit this new tallest building in Melbourne called the Eureka Tower. http://www.eurekatower.com.au/
It's the tallest residential building as well. I can imagine the prices must be pretty high. There's an observation deck on the 88th floor which you have to pay an entrance fee to go up. There is also this portion called the edge which is a glass cube which slides out from the building and you are like hanging in the air in the glass cube. This needs a separate entrance fee as well. They will take your picture and if you want to purchase the picture, it will cost additional as well.
It's a pretty amazing experience to stand on the glass with nothing beneath you, 88 floors down.
The next day I went to walk around Queen Victoria Market but only covered about 1/4 of the market and I have to get back to the hotel to go to the airport.
The flight back was better. It had the spacebed and was more comfortable.
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