Dublin, Pictures, Travel + Life Abroad
Dublin in the Spring
Last Friday we left Germany and went to Monisteraki, Athens. This week, we’re going to Dublin. Why? It’s Friday and as of last week every Friday I’m taking you out… Continue Reading
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Athens, Pictures, Travel: Greece
The Markets of Monisteraki
Let’s leave Germany today, just for a little while. It’s Friday, Summer has handed over her evening domain to Autumn who prefers cold nights and feet, and things are very… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Pictures, Travel + Life Abroad, Travel: Greece
A Little Villa
Every once in a while, SG or I will mention the words, with a curious mix of certainty and wistfulness, ‘…when we have our little villa on Santorini’. It is… Continue Reading
Lübeck, Pictures, Travel + Life Abroad
Marzipan & Backfisch
A cloudy but clear Sunday, nothing planned. We got two coffees to go and then into the car, hair still wet from the shower. It was just over an hour… Continue Reading
Berlin, Pictures, Travel + Life Abroad, Travel: Germany
Mini Castles & Taking it Easy
I wasn’t going to write about Berlin because, it’s Berlin. And there are people far better equipped to write about a city that’s name and reputation precedes it so thoroughly… Continue Reading
Göteborg, Pictures, Travel + Life Abroad, Travel: Sweden
A Day in Göteborg
We were up early, considering it was a Sunday morning, because SG was determined to catch each second of the slow steam into Göteborg. As our big boat cruised toward… Continue Reading
The First Mango
Like Christmas beetles and cicadas, the smell of bushfire smoke and sunscreen, a big, ripe, sunset-coloured mango is one of the stalwarts of an Australian summer. And if you can… Continue Reading
Flower Picking
I don’t have a garden in Germany. When Spring arrived this year, I spent a lot of time sitting in parks, listening to the bees and trying to discretely smell… Continue Reading
A Walk Before Work
I got to work early yesterday. It was hot, I wanted to take pictures and I needed to decrompress a little. And there is no better place to decompress than… Continue Reading
Rush
Time keeps moving in increments, Spring keeps blooming and Summer keeps nipping at its heels like an impatient puppy. I had forgotten how Spring here arrives in a rush, like… Continue Reading
Floral Sentiments
My Mum says I am a Victorian, because I have a thing for flowers. Not just because they’re pretty and they smell nice (although those two reasons are obviously key)… Continue Reading
Windows Down
Yesterday I turned up Garth Brooks and drove to Windsor. I belted out Callin’ Baton Rouge with the windows down, pausing only to pull into McDonalds and get a take… Continue Reading
Around
One of the best things about this blog (or the best?) is its readership. The comments I get are not only extraordinarily flattering (something I respond almost too well to)… Continue Reading
Marching On
Time marches on, the days get a little warmer – even though the weekend delivered us frosty winds and sporadic rain – and we keep doing what we do. We… Continue Reading
Going to Shine on Australia
The sun has set on Santorini 2012 and what a fortnight it was. There were donkey-rides and boat tours and (many) glasses of wine. Ancient ruins, traditional villages, the beach… Continue Reading
Getting Lost in Emporio
Emporio makes you work a little bit, like many of the old villages on the island. Firstly, you have to get past what you see when you go whizzing through… Continue Reading
Postcards from Oia
Snapshots of the island’s most photographed village. And I really do wish you were here …
Doors
A little village en route to the black sand beaches of the island’s south, Emporio is easy to miss. One can zoom through it without so much as a second… Continue Reading
Morning Light
We have been waking quite early on the island, why I don’t know. But it does mean we catch the morning light, which is so cool and white. Up here… Continue Reading
It’s Good to be Back
It’s good to be back. It’s quieter this year, Greece’s situation stretching to include the country’s tourism cash cows, the beautiful islands. It’s too early to tell for sure, but… Continue Reading