The month was September and my daughter Dia just turned 4 months old. We arrived on the 18th where the airport wasn't entirely packed, and the weather wasn't particularly humid. Everything was set to excite the six of us who traveled together for the very first time: Me, Gempa, Dia, and our best friend Aji, his wife Nares, and their daughter Kenes. Who doesn't love Melbourne? With their infamous brunch and specialty coffee and a lot of different ways to say "breakfast"? Well, I did, once. A couple years before I met Gempa, Melbourne was one place on earth I thought I would never visit again.

Until my thoughts were proven inaccurate: I ended up visiting Melbourne again, and again, and again.

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