Georgia’s Blog: Travel with diabetes & no place like home
When I last left you all I was on my way to Melbourne, unfortunately for us it was raining when we left and arrived so it wasn’t the warmest welcome but we survived. Barely. We decided to fly with Tiger Airways to save us some cashola it was everything you expect, punctual, bumpy and cheap. However we arrived safely, but the journey didn’t end there. With Tiger you have to go to a ‘Warehouse’ to collect your bags then go back to the main terminal to catch the SkyBus which was a task on its own.
After lugging ourselves to Dinner then Coles, we could finally call it a night and crash.
The following day we had planned a full, and I mean full day of shopping, we caught the Tram which was first to do on my own. After hours of shopping and feet burning we decided to have lunch and although we have one in Adelaide, we couldn’t resist. TGIFS it was (If you have not heard of had the pleasure of indulging in TGIFs Mexican goodness then you better get on it – LOTS of Gluten Free options too!) After eating WAYYY to much, we forced our legs to keep going because our purses weren’t tired yet.
It was a semi-successful day shopping wise, and we were hoping the success would grow as we decided to head to the Casino, I’m not huge on gambling but I love the Melbourne casino although I have never been inside I’ve wondered past numerous times when in Melbourne. And just my luck I doubled my money on my first hit, which put my night on a high.
The next day we slept in, shopped and again ate. We had heard of this burger place called Grill’d which does Gluten Free Burgers, so we had to go and suss it out and it was everything I had hoped for and more, everything aside from about 3 items were Gluten Free, the burgers, the dips, the chips were all at my fingertips, I went into a food coma. To top that, I found out that there is a Grill’d now open in Adelaide too, which definitely was a highlight of my week!
On our last night in Melbourne we went to go see band ‘Bastille’ aside from the 1 hour line wait and the claustrophobic feel in the mosh pit it was a great night, an experience I’ll never forget and somehow I managed to monitor my blood while bodies were bumping in to me. Don’t ask how.
Overall my Melbourne trip was a success at a first time travelling without my parents, there were no issues with my diabetes or trying to find Gluten Free options which made the trip that little bit smoother, however I was extremely home sick and there’s nothing wrong travelling with my family, I love it actually.
Like good Ol’ Dorothy says there’s ‘no place like home’.
