THAILAND | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [1036]
Sorry, I know this has been the blog that wasn’t. I’ve been without access to the internet since Friday so haven’t had a chance to update this – I will though, very soon there’ll be heart-racing stories, tantalizing descriptions, maybe even photos. For ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
THAILAND | Friday, 15 Feb 2008 | Views [738] | Comments [1]
Everyone sells beer here. Clearly, this is an approach that i'm strongly supportive of. So I'm in Chiang Mai - transit was largely uneventful, the reunion with Annabel was joyous and her parents are fantastic. Annabel and her dad both crashed out shortly ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
THAILAND | Wednesday, 6 Feb 2008 | Views [662]
this is a holding post to see if the new journal is working. thailand will be 14 Feb to 25 Feb with Annabel the swedish pornstar and her, clearly-open minded, aussie folks. there will be elephant rides. that is all.
Tags: The Planning Phase
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 10 Mar 2007 | Views [753]
sunshine. and hibiscus flowers. and the beach. but more than anything else, you guys. my disappointment at leaving germany and my ambivalence about being back in australia have been cushioned beautifully by the warm embraces, happy smiles and loving ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
GERMANY | Friday, 9 Mar 2007 | Views [846]
Australia = warmth, sunshine, easily accessible beaches, happy smiling friends and lecturers whose every word I can understand. I'm back, for now*, and i look forward to catching up with all of you really soon. As long as it's in an air-conditioned ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
SWITZERLAND | Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Views [1244]
i have to admit a significant amount of my motivation to write this blog entry comes from my desire to add another country to that list on the right there - i'm SO easily amused. i really did go to switzerland today though, so it's totally justified.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
GERMANY | Thursday, 1 Mar 2007 | Views [846]
You know what's fun? climbing hills of snow in shoes and clothes that are absolutely unsuited to cold, wet weather! that's fun! if you're an idiot! convinced that the light powdering layers of white i'd seen in Berlin and Essen weren't enough, Basti ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
GERMANY | Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Views [731]
so the dream slowly comes to an end. i'm spending my last week in freiburg with basti, just relaxing and seeing a bit of the south. it's brilliant to just be still for a bit and it's really comfortable here with basti and his mum. i leave here on saturday ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
GERMANY | Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Views [761]
yesterday i fulfilled one of my most important Germany-dreams. I went to the Beck's brewery. the mothership. the holy grail. the bedrock of my dreams and the purveyor of perhaps the finest beer known to man. i was so happy. I spent the weekend ... Read more >
Tags: friends
GERMANY | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
ans' last day in essen
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GERMANY | Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 | Views [3792] | Comments [3]
Karneval
is this incredible celebration that happens in the area of germany
we've been staying in for about 3 months of every year. the culmination
is in february when the whole area positively shits itself if i may be
so crude and turns into the ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
GERMANY | Saturday, 17 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
you know what's fun? photos of other people being drunk and having fun!! yeeeeah!
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GERMANY | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
Berlin, which, apart from Herr Bayer, was all kinds of super.
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GERMANY | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
essen and surrounds
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GERMANY | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
photos for the sake of photos
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GERMANY | Sunday, 11 Feb 2007 | Views [763]
On the basis of Ellie's recommendation and our intense desire to spend the weekend anywhere but in Essen, Annabel and I decided to visit Hannover on our way home (to Essen) from Berlin (it's roughly halfway between the two). We were taken in by the ... Read more >
Tags: relaxation
GERMANY | Thursday, 8 Feb 2007 | Views [1152] | Comments [1]
because when i said i was dreading the other participants because i just knew they'd be an army of utter tossbags, you all said, 'now erica, stop being such a grumpy cynical tart, they could all be lovely.'. knowing that it was absolutely possible ... Read more >
Tags: People
GERMANY | Wednesday, 7 Feb 2007 | Views [699]
As a display of their apparently bottomless generosity, the DAAD took us to Berlin for a week. They paid for our transport, accomodation and breakfasts (!) and gave us an exceptionally well-informed tour guide who slowly but surely droves us all ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 7 Feb 2007 | Views [1069]
After the non-stop
excitement of the London weekend, Essen greeted me with
more of the usual - pommes frittes and the felafel stand, freaks on the tram
and my increasingly messy room at the hotel ( a ripple of surprised gasps
tumbles through ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery
London, Australia Day Weekend
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