"If I could have licked that clean, i would have"To which, I replied... "Well, why didn't you??"Fair to say Alice enjoyed her Middle Eastern eggs brunch then. Which, for the second time today, is quite a feat. Melbourne really does rule this food malarkey. No ifs, no buts. Sorry Sydney. Although it is closer on the coffee front however. But this effort, was immediately pleasing. With a pleasant monotone flavour, Alex veritably gulped it down. Milky, yet stron...

Slow start, coffee on Lygon Street. Not quite as edgy as yesterday's Sydney street, but a good effort never the less! Coffee and shared brunch - scrambled eggs with pesto and feta. Oh my days. This is essentially the Melbourne way. And we love it! Finally leaving at 12.00, we hop on a tram into the CBD. We visit the Shrine of Remembrance which is near Carlton. It's a huge, bombastic structure that is rather hard to comprehend fully. It's similar to Sy...

This cafe is in arty, edgy Brunswick, with graffiti street art outside, and quite empty on a Monday morning. The coffee is STRONG - it must be 2 shots, - which makes it a good morning cup that will certainly keep us awake all day! It's well made - good temp, balance of coffee and milk etc, but the flavour is not a favourite, although it improves as it gets cold. The huge bottle of icy water was very welcome. We share a plate of scrambled eggs with feta and pe...

A Melbourne institution, according to Foxy's guidebook. Like Lucia's, we don't really expect an Aussie flat white here, where it's so Italian. So our flat whites are very nice white coffees.Machine: Faema e91 AmbassadorBeans: VittoriaAB

We left Glenroy quite late this morning, after Foxy's birthday celebrations, but our Airbnb host Helen very kindly gave us a lift to the train station (because it's 20 mins walk away!). We train and tram to Brunswick, a funkier area of Melbourne, which is only 15-20 mins from the centre. Woot! After putting on some laundry, and a quick recovery nap for Foxy, we head out to explore our new neighbourhood. Sydney Road is one of the main strips in Brunswick, ...