In this post I want to tell you which things I and Maggi like in Brisbane. Of course there also excists things we don’t like, but Brisbane is a very cool city and could absolutly be a great place to life.

restaurants

We ate in serveral restaurants till now and in quite every restaurant you can share your meals. Perhaps you would say in Switzerland you’re also able to share your food, but in Brisbane (and I guess in whole Australia) it’s normal. You can read especially “share foods” in the menu and you usually get three plates (one or each person and one with the meal). We found that’s a great thing – you can discover more dishes.

Another very great thing here in Australia is the tap water for free and the huge number of musicians who are playing in the restaurant.

go card

This name stands for the debit card for using public transports here in Brisbane. Every time you enter and leave a railwaystation you have to put this card on an electronical reader. The costs depends on the distance, your specific target (if it is a tourstic place, it’s more expensive than an living area) and also the time (in the rush hour you have to pay more). After you reach 9 trips in a week you can use the public transport for free.

coffee culture

The Australian love good coffee. Nespresso and Starkbucks had to make a lot of effort to enter the australien market. You can hardly find a coffee in restaurant or a bar who is made with instant coffee powder. All restaurants own very expensive, high-quality coffee maschines like in Italy. Furthermore the baristas are very well educated. If a students wants to work as a barista he has to join a five week course for coffeemakers. The coffee offer is quite similiar to the swiss selection within two exeptions: long blank (black coffee without any milk) and  flat white (espresso with milk).

the people

Before I traveled to Australia, I read a book with the name “Fettnäpfenführer Australien”. I read in this book that the Australien citizen are very open-minded but the waiters aren’t very friendly. Fortunately I disagree with the opinion of the author. Also in a restaurant you are warmly welcomed. Ok, sometimes you have to order the drinks at the bar, but the people behind the bar are very pleasant. The previous experiences with other Australians were very positive. Our landlady (a muscian) is very open, explains us a lot of things and wants us to help, whenever she is able to.

We could add more things we like and for sure we will do that later. But for today we soon will eat in a nice restaurant, enjoy the shared food and the great view and the tasty coffe afterwards.