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Keith Austin: When the world is your lobster Stories from a former Travel Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Trip: 2009

There are [36] stories from my trip: 2009


Gallery: Pangers the foodie haven

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery

In Pangbourne
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Pigging out in Pangers

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [1300] | 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


More rabbit than Watership Down

FRANCE | Sunday, 22 Mar 2009 | Views [1054] | 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


Gallery: Surreal Paris

FRANCE | Friday, 6 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery

A new look at Paris
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Paris, poo, Popsi and Paddy

FRANCE | Friday, 6 Mar 2009 | Views [1582] | 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


Gallery: Paris eludes me and other tosh

FRANCE | Friday, 20 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery

Latest pics
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Pictures of Paris ... or not

FRANCE | Friday, 20 Feb 2009 | Views [754] | 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


Gallery: On arrive a Paris

FRANCE | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery

Setting up home in the Marais
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Train, train do not go away

FRANCE | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [1202]

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


Gallery: Dead In Venice

ITALY | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery

Lido Day Out
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Dead In Venice

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [2270] | 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


Who Let The Doges Out?

ITALY | Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Views [1192] | 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


Gallery: Venice at 8am from our window

ITALY | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery


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The Joys of Jetlag in Venice

ITALY | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [767]

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


The fragrance of Changi

ITALY | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [891]

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


Preparations...

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [818] | 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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