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After a week of settling in, it’s time to be out and about again, although it’s only a trip with my parents to Melbourne city to see how much has changed over the last three years. 星期日（1月19日）跟家父、家母到市中心逛逛，看看墨爾本過去三年有何變化。 The view by the Yarra River is arguably still one of the best that Melbourne can offer. A lot of water has flowed under the many bridges crossing the Yarra since I last left, but rather unfortunately it still had this ugly brown colour that spoiled the otherwise picture-perfect scenery. 雅拉河畔（Yarra River）兩岸的景色仍是全墨爾本最美，不過河水仍舊啡黃，乃一大美中不足也。 We took our time sauntering by the river and making frequent stops for photos, on a track shared by pedestrians and cyclists. We know we must have been a pain to the cyclists, but surprisingly there were neither incessantly ringing bells nor angry yelling, just patient cyclists who slowed down and made way for us. What a nice change from Germany where cyclists are only too happy to ‘ding ding’ their way through at high speed even when the...

In Melbourne, at long last! Some random ramblings after a three-year absence ... There's a 25-degree difference in temperature between my departure from Munich and landing in Melbourne! The house looks the same but doesn't feel the same without the people who used to live under the same roof. Yes, the house and the garden do feel larger with less people. No, that doesn't mean more living space per person, it only means more household chores for me (and my parents too, to be fair). And yes, my parents have taken full advantage of my return and gone back to the habitual requests of my help for some of the simplest things like picking up something from the floor for them. But I guess I also enjoy some advantages of this symbiotic/parasitic existence. I need not delve further into this ... My three years in Munich have prepared me pretty well for the prices I saw at supermarkets and restaurants back in Melbourne. Otherwise it would be a great shock and horror to find that fresh...