Trip: 2009
There are [36] stories from my trip: 2009
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
In Pangbourne
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UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [1308] | Comments [1]
Yes, it’s me again, and so soon! Feeling a bit guilty at my lack of communication recently but it’s amazing the things you can fill a day with, still feel that you’ve done nothing, and yet be exhausted at the end of it. While in the UK recently ... Read more >
Tags: berkshire, cheese, food, foodie, pangbourne, popsi bubblehead, pubs, tasting, thames, wine
FRANCE | Sunday, 22 Mar 2009 | Views [1059] | Comments [3]
Mes amis, je suis desole. Vraiment I am. A combination of a few days in the UK seeing the family, problems getting online while there, and general lassitude on my part have led to a prolonged absence from the blogosphere and an egregious failure ... Read more >
Tags: eating, food, france, lapin, rabbit, recipe, uk
FRANCE | Friday, 6 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
A new look at Paris
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FRANCE | Friday, 6 Mar 2009 | Views [1588] | Comments [1]
Just a few thoughts regarding living in Paris ... where O where does all the shit come from? On one of my irregular morning runs around the Ile Saint Louis this morning I spent more time dancing around the little – and not so little - piles of dog poo ... Read more >
Tags: dog shit, lapin, market, paris, photographs, popsi st bubblehead, rabbit, rue de rivoli, st gervais
FRANCE | Friday, 20 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
Latest pics
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FRANCE | Friday, 20 Feb 2009 | Views [758] | Comments [3]
No sooner had we touched down in Paris than a medical emergency at home necessitated a quick trip to London. And quick it was; the Eurostar train takes just over two hours to speed from the Gare du Nord to Kings Cross St Pancras. Central Paris to ... Read more >
Tags: eurostar, paris, photographs
FRANCE | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
Setting up home in the Marais
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FRANCE | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [1208]
How many times have you heard that people, when they arrive at a new destination, want to “experience” the place like the locals do? They want to eat where the locals eat, drink where the locals drink ... it’s an obsession, and a ridiculous one. ... Read more >
Tags: croissants, keith austin, paris, popsi bubblehead, prices, tourism, tourists, trains, venice
ITALY | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
Lido Day Out
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [2276] | Comments [2]
We are in our final days here now and our attention is turning towards the overnight rail trip we are taking to Paris on Sunday night. But a few thoughts first on Venetian mysteries: Where are all those many little old ladies in perms and fur coats ... Read more >
Tags: detachable penis, glass, italy, keith austin, lido, murano, popsi bubblehead, rick stein, rick steves, venice
ITALY | Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Views [1201] | Comments [1]
The good burghers of Venice have got their work cut out. Having rid themselves of the Doges many years ago (though being a doge wasn't all it was cracked up to be, as we found out on a tour of the Doges' Palace) they are now battling the dogs of Venice.... Read more >
Tags: doges, dogs, fur, keith austin, murano, popsi bubblehead, posters., venice
ITALY | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ITALY | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [770]
It's 7.30am and I've just returned from a quick, freezing jaunt around the almost deserted streets here in Venice - one of the joys of jetlag. And if I've learned one thing it's that I need to read up more on my camera. I see the shot I want but am ... Read more >
Tags: cameras, jetlag, keith austin, venice
ITALY | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [895]
There are two things in the world that should never smell like themselves: fish and toilets. Which is why the toilets at Singapore’s Changi airport are so wonderful – they smell like a fresh summer’s day and have automatic this and automatic that. Indeed, ... Read more >
Tags: airbus 380, changi, flying, popsi bubblehead, toilets, wi-fi
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [823] | Comments [3]
I will need a holiday after this. Ever since my other half, the fragrant Popsi Bubblehead, was awarded an Arts Council writing grant which included a studio apartment in the centre of Paris for six months (I know, poor me), everything has been leading ... Read more >
Tags: banks, euros, packing, popsi bubblehead, travellers cheques
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