The voyage begins

28 hours on a plane and somehow Zach & I are still trucking. We've got Malinowski's bulky biography opened to his days in Melbourne and are preparing for tomorrow's interview at Melbourne Museum's storage unit, north of the University. We'll be meeting with prof of anthropology Martha McIntyre, who studied under Michael Young (Malinowski's biographer) and looking at Malinowski's collection of artifacts from the trobriands. (Prof Mc will identify us by Zach's gotee and long hair). On the up-side: Jeanne Davis, Zach's grandmother's childhood friend, received us with abundant warmth. We had sandwiches and chocolate cake and she gave us a phone card and we have decided to accept her generosity with what grace we can muster. On the down-side: We arrived to a torrential downpour, it's a mere 48 degrees and Zach and I packed with the beach on our brains, so we may have to do a little shopping...but Zach can't get enough of Melbourne's styling boutiques, so it's our first point of order tomorrow.