Brisbane

People tell me Sydney is just like San Francisco, but now that I've been there, I think it's more like Boston, actually, with a little bit of Seattle in it.

People also told me I'd find Brisbane boring, and I did, but that was more due to my impatience of going to New Zealand than because of Brisbane. For Dutch people: Brisbane is a bit like Eindhoven. :-)

A lot of people just don't like it, but insiders know that Eindhoven has got a great vibe for young people and a nice shopping area. Brisbane is a bit like that. It didn't have any of the energy I felt in Sydney and I had to work at keeping myself busy, but there were a lot of nice shops, a nice photography museum, and - what I loved best - an artificial beach built near the riverside that was free. When I found it, it felt like a discovery.

I watched the people and the street artists for a while, then had to escape the heat in the cinema. Slumdog Millionaire. Another big city.