tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61333561812210506472024-03-19T04:56:59.453-07:00awakethevoicejesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133356181221050647.post-54758543772234394742007-01-14T05:31:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:27:16.618-08:00travels 2006<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>croatia </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In October 2006 I was lucky enough to be able to join my family who were holidaying on the island of Brac in Croatia. We developed relationships with mountain goats, and got used to squinting at the sun reflecting off the white stone of the landscape. After lazing in the Adriatic sun for a week, exploring the many little coves and beaches, discussing the meaning of life, and playing a few fiery games of boules, I went with Jonathan, Jane, Laura, India & Emily to the nearby island of Hvar. Here we saw a local Dalmatian choir sing in the courtyard of a church on the harbour. The little coastal village of Milna, on Hvar, was where I first pitched my tent. I then hit the road on my own, travelling up the coast and visiting Trogir [A UNESCO World Heritage Site] and Zadar; and then moving inland to Zagreb, where I discovered the wonders of naive art, maraska cherry liquers and streetside corn-on-the cob vendors.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj006qHVCNbmbooy5-rBQN-COH-8d2Ee3mQ-k_F_LsTVh7IyrIElfzogwRUNdJQTHzw0lVUlLK6HufT5stBC2PWZdWTtI6oPoNQCvyaTg5r_W5W5iMOkKDcXtEaVnPiPVkiEPeaWymg8/s1600-h/brac+beach.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020516197132957266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj006qHVCNbmbooy5-rBQN-COH-8d2Ee3mQ-k_F_LsTVh7IyrIElfzogwRUNdJQTHzw0lVUlLK6HufT5stBC2PWZdWTtI6oPoNQCvyaTg5r_W5W5iMOkKDcXtEaVnPiPVkiEPeaWymg8/s200/brac+beach.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">A beach on blissful Brac<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbtdTF7x1XP1PSvyMKDpmVt0CHO59HE-K0TBvCKwwrALsd3y8M3EDKy-e6J05X_zsZw6zSvY3VnIOAelp666AFpZm-vqCVhIacSVsXTVyPU5blXPpGayTmGCYQQzM65o4HPro8Tv5JI0/s1600-h/split.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020543942621689602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbtdTF7x1XP1PSvyMKDpmVt0CHO59HE-K0TBvCKwwrALsd3y8M3EDKy-e6J05X_zsZw6zSvY3VnIOAelp666AFpZm-vqCVhIacSVsXTVyPU5blXPpGayTmGCYQQzM65o4HPro8Tv5JI0/s200/split.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">3rd century Roman emperor Diocletian chose Split as the site for his retirement palace</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjty9tS-QA6gxv0bfK7UtVNVou758-18r6PddnDYS6Uf7RdFKms6mb82gEK1ftc47nVNln5sKtuCFATIJCgeq7GHDVPIaN3enuxDSVbgg9wHsGYuPeXp8_pSjI5fFEXUi2fWWq3IJjX90/s1600-h/zagreb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020531285353068194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjty9tS-QA6gxv0bfK7UtVNVou758-18r6PddnDYS6Uf7RdFKms6mb82gEK1ftc47nVNln5sKtuCFATIJCgeq7GHDVPIaN3enuxDSVbgg9wHsGYuPeXp8_pSjI5fFEXUi2fWWq3IJjX90/s200/zagreb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The intricate tiled roof of St. Marks, Zagreb</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;">slovenia</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Travelling through Slovenia, the beautiful alpine landscape provided a contrast to the barrenness of the Adriatic islands I had grown accustomed to. Ljubljana is a jewel of a city, and its chilled-out culture reminded me of Amsterdam. Here I stayed in Celica Hostel, which used to be a prison and is now part of Metelkova, an area overrun by squatters and hippies. We had some amazing parties here, dancing to weird electronica in a variety of small warehouse-type clubs. One of these was designated the movie thatre, and here we sat in haphazardly-arranged antique theatre seats and watched a Sex Pistols documentary which was being projected onto a wall. The innovative Slovene Ethnographic Museum was a highlight of my trip. Atop the 15th century Ljubljana Castle I saw a wonderful public performance where a solo masked dancer moved across the castle wall accompanied by robed figures singing chants from below. The performance made us ponder the history of the place more deeply than any museum plaque could have.</span> </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hqcch-yoF1BUSPUlBLHwWGVGNaPAcEc4e6jaVWJt_XX9OC0YjCWHa0P6MGyguOrWClUAPY2bBYNrRYfcmAV9Zj4_j-0heW_BgV-UlWHgRFFJU8UJSN1SCop53LlwM5JFJu8Ax9Tq7I4/s1600-h/julia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020516454830995042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hqcch-yoF1BUSPUlBLHwWGVGNaPAcEc4e6jaVWJt_XX9OC0YjCWHa0P6MGyguOrWClUAPY2bBYNrRYfcmAV9Zj4_j-0heW_BgV-UlWHgRFFJU8UJSN1SCop53LlwM5JFJu8Ax9Tq7I4/s200/julia.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Julia Primic, who gazes out at at the statue of her unrequited love France Prešeren</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Prešeren Square, Ljubljana</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSGIu3ZS81BlzOHcj3h0jC5gy81hD5WVETSvyuqqdQibw5dsoMkEsURtg0GS7vcCKu1__X8mHuFWZCtpKTJwfYECtG0te3WzGZJs0YRWhF9PzJQw54n9a5URWXI_-mFklsL2uJDQOh0o/s1600-h/dragon+bridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020540364913932002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSGIu3ZS81BlzOHcj3h0jC5gy81hD5WVETSvyuqqdQibw5dsoMkEsURtg0GS7vcCKu1__X8mHuFWZCtpKTJwfYECtG0te3WzGZJs0YRWhF9PzJQw54n9a5URWXI_-mFklsL2uJDQOh0o/s200/dragon+bridge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The Dragon Bridge is a symbol of Ljubljana</span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>hungary</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Having sung Hungarian folk songs since I was four, there was almost a sense of home-coming as I crossed the border into Hungary. This was the land of Kodaly, to whom I owe a great deal. My life would certainly not have been the same without him. I travelled to Kecskemet, Kodaly's birthplace and the home of the Kodaly Institute, where I discovered only one employee who spoke English, but plenty who spoke solfege. Here, the small collection of Kodaly photographs, manuscripts and programmes had my heart racing like a fan at a Star Wars convention, but it was nothing compared to my wonder at the Kodaly Museum in Budapest. The museum is a conversion of his apartment, and still contains many of his possessions in place, as if he had just stepped out for coffee. The opulence and magnificence of Budapest was slightly overawing. I saw the Buda hill and its many churches, ate wonderful ice cream in Pest, soaked in the hot springs at the Széchenyi Fürdő and went to the Terror House - a museum which depicts, in a disturbingly artistic way, the horrors of fascism and communism suffered by the Hungarian people. </span><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ORhl5uyKhyphenhyphenH8ZqurcNL-eKPjaZ33r0L3o_E93lZzWx3tgtJ746SKhTj0Pgrv7cAYmdOL7j2MrQmJGezW7pTnzvrystARCDqr6AT5OGzjb3Ju7lo7OrQFLo7Ft87WHi-YO3VgOSpeNFQ/s1600-h/danube.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020516785543476850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ORhl5uyKhyphenhyphenH8ZqurcNL-eKPjaZ33r0L3o_E93lZzWx3tgtJ746SKhTj0Pgrv7cAYmdOL7j2MrQmJGezW7pTnzvrystARCDqr6AT5OGzjb3Ju7lo7OrQFLo7Ft87WHi-YO3VgOSpeNFQ/s200/danube.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">I first saw the Danube as I emerged from the streets of Pest at night</span> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmcaN8AO2Ivg0B7ROlZ7sMtFxmu-_fMhN_Uy7jYru00jtUPmb0Xg89p5_c2LGnM5kOH6N9JpYa9eEQFYKrOcMOb6-HVU7Ytx4MNU3VMyIzyCyboRzK1DAz0X1cMnA5ZGz4Iy3Ay1SyM4/s1600-h/szechenyi+furdo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020535773593892546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmcaN8AO2Ivg0B7ROlZ7sMtFxmu-_fMhN_Uy7jYru00jtUPmb0Xg89p5_c2LGnM5kOH6N9JpYa9eEQFYKrOcMOb6-HVU7Ytx4MNU3VMyIzyCyboRzK1DAz0X1cMnA5ZGz4Iy3Ay1SyM4/s200/szechenyi+furdo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">It was difficult to leave the luxurious Széchenyi Fürdő</span> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"><br />slovakia</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Having been told that I was crazy for choosing Bratislava over Prague, I enjoyed my time in this city. I met some amusing fellow travellers, and together we sampled Slovakian beer [which to me tasted like vodka], and some 'Slovakian' cuisine that probably wasn't in a pub called, imaginatively, 'The Slovak'. We went to a drum & bass club built into the hill beneath the castle, to which you had to enter through a tunnel. Here I saw a very different view across the Danube, dominated by 'soviet-style' housing blocks, and the ufo-shaped restaurant which stands over the bridge. This structure made the place seem ethereal, and mixed visions of <em>The War of the Worlds</em>, <em>The Twilight Zone</em>, and 1960s Russian cosmonauts were brought to my mind. </span><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCiU_4ww2j_o48HY0zYdWjhfuQbAcEaHZdUNIdZfIjGIzaysuq0mw25LGi6VrXGOjB65vd3gndXUM0bw0TViq_YzeX17HYHayjCVMfuve4WZrUaH_I_UvLiYHsExP7a3rbBa2RtWsjIA/s1600-h/bratislava.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020538122941003474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCiU_4ww2j_o48HY0zYdWjhfuQbAcEaHZdUNIdZfIjGIzaysuq0mw25LGi6VrXGOjB65vd3gndXUM0bw0TViq_YzeX17HYHayjCVMfuve4WZrUaH_I_UvLiYHsExP7a3rbBa2RtWsjIA/s200/bratislava.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">One of Bratislava's quaint narrow streets</span><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6M0UHky9FSuutPKqpH5wVBCPB8v5uLc9bVKyf5ZfD6GPD_Cucry_c8mFfrGiaY47XRj-RR2CrunMguURB9-AXSZq2VMcCUVtsKd8Wjj7QFogsVpjdKqbyOjospJiEy4L1HSxx_FnaMQ/s1600-h/bratislava+bridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020517154910664322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6M0UHky9FSuutPKqpH5wVBCPB8v5uLc9bVKyf5ZfD6GPD_Cucry_c8mFfrGiaY47XRj-RR2CrunMguURB9-AXSZq2VMcCUVtsKd8Wjj7QFogsVpjdKqbyOjospJiEy4L1HSxx_FnaMQ/s200/bratislava+bridge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">"It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">[Rod Sterling]<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>poland</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My dear friends Monika and Aggy were my guides as I explored some of the vast and beautiful land that is Poland. Monika trekked from Poznan to Krakow to meet me, and here I discovered my weakness for pierogi - dumplings that are a sort of equivalent of vegetarian steamed dim sims. We explored the Cloth Hall, the cafes, and the buildings of the 16th-century royal palace and castle on Wawel hill. We wandered the streets of Kazimierz, where the Isaac Synagogue is now a museum showing Nazi footage of the Krakow and Warsaw ghettos. Although the district isn't deserted, here we felt a sense of loss, and of 'what might have been.' In Warsaw Aggy showed me the Old Town, which was ravaged in the Second World War, and painstakingly rebuilt. We saw an Israeli film <em>Frozen Days</em> at the Warsaw film festival which was modelled on a Roman Polanski film so it was interesting to hear the questions put to the Director by the audience. The screening was in the imposing Palace of Culture & Science - Stalin's gift to Warsaw. Aggy took me to see Maria Peszek sing at a club, and her amazing vocal skills and charisma combined to be one of the most truly 'alternative' musical performances I have seen. The Polish fringe of art, design and fashion is very exciting. I saw Poznan through a cultural eye too, Monika taking me to a contemporary art gallery in the old town's lovely main square, and to <em>Poland Now</em>, a photographic exhibition exposing the quirks of Polish culture. We watched the mechanical goats on the town clock, and also found some good pierogi.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4Iqen4XiNjbAXyQkESAJBEDGpu9pAa6H45Zu7xYUf1kyPURo4RlClkIkZR_JUddCzqmpp0YELtwMiI4kiP7da-qiUDH8F5SN7KJL7LTK4z24nz6Ow3M4uQEqqUcQcNpLhmNKdu9meUo/s1600-h/kazimierz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020517528572819090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4Iqen4XiNjbAXyQkESAJBEDGpu9pAa6H45Zu7xYUf1kyPURo4RlClkIkZR_JUddCzqmpp0YELtwMiI4kiP7da-qiUDH8F5SN7KJL7LTK4z24nz6Ow3M4uQEqqUcQcNpLhmNKdu9meUo/s200/kazimierz.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">In the sobering streets of Kazimierz, Krakow</span></span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuekxyj-ZMnkVpwxIzRMAEyUwAiN7lTbmRyLrr6S0aMFgqeE3CfZgq26chtAUEz3kc4kKM_hgyR1yX2HcsvA1KliAZ0E1VcECdnOs_SWw73mYsDtPlUWJERi-uoEvlJkl75mA9KjclLBo/s1600-h/warsaw+old+town.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020542117260588786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuekxyj-ZMnkVpwxIzRMAEyUwAiN7lTbmRyLrr6S0aMFgqeE3CfZgq26chtAUEz3kc4kKM_hgyR1yX2HcsvA1KliAZ0E1VcECdnOs_SWw73mYsDtPlUWJERi-uoEvlJkl75mA9KjclLBo/s200/warsaw+old+town.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The recovery of Warsaw's war-torn Old Town is a source of national pride</span><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3IgKo6ao_wLlGv_mG69wRZ2aJjilM-NxgNo58Dqj3qD7QcFO2mN-2opx9IN9woRVp_zfZ4ZvxhU7E4M1Ffg5rR7KvTDP5rLjBDNqtfD2RrBDVBCyJQclp9s_fPPk7c_99sSFXOd0UfU/s1600-h/goats.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020546747235333906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3IgKo6ao_wLlGv_mG69wRZ2aJjilM-NxgNo58Dqj3qD7QcFO2mN-2opx9IN9woRVp_zfZ4ZvxhU7E4M1Ffg5rR7KvTDP5rLjBDNqtfD2RrBDVBCyJQclp9s_fPPk7c_99sSFXOd0UfU/s200/goats.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The goats come out to fight every hour in Poznan</span><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yHnQ4aKmBBld5M_J8LROVI5iMOBzIWgRg-qZC3hRtSBLxKRVbmlYgXhcibAhyphenhyphenkCq-RNExwzq3KXf9EIg2T8akXynq99lPkWcphH0AN87J1mVim8p2Kxz-6du1ytmIXGE1zZd10F4N9g/s1600-h/poznan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020532402044565170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yHnQ4aKmBBld5M_J8LROVI5iMOBzIWgRg-qZC3hRtSBLxKRVbmlYgXhcibAhyphenhyphenkCq-RNExwzq3KXf9EIg2T8akXynq99lPkWcphH0AN87J1mVim8p2Kxz-6du1ytmIXGE1zZd10F4N9g/s200/poznan.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The colours of Poznan's main square</span></div></span>jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133356181221050647.post-984364421356494732007-01-14T05:30:00.001-08:002008-11-12T18:27:21.285-08:00lowlands 2006<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ8UAvDUrIrJflTPWPCj_xi2-cBf5TqjIecKCFMXacllN4m2_F_3HkAgnxdXNePKSDdep0BJ-xQ2cbYP7-WMJoDAIpdSvM2V52zM2ku4WrIi_eruSo_c2CGSGIWekuL_jyItxEtQwhHE/s1600-h/lowlands+creature.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032951222578479698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" 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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCaqS9_EX0&mode=related&search=" target="new">filthy gorgeous</a></em><br />orson - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctcGhD4qNGA" target="new">no tomorrow</a></em><br />wolfmother - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A" target="new">woman</a></em><br />kooks - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBAyBpnr1yI&mode=related&search=" target="new">she moves in her own way</a></em><br />belle & sebastian - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvS902DLEVI" target="new">funny little frog</a></em><br />razorlight - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjHeh_quBY" target="new">america</a></em><br />snow patrol - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qen3Xovtfc&mode=related&search=" target="new">run</a></em><br />magic numbers - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27JJmMmB8p8" target="new">i see you, you see me</a></em><br />muse - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-c94VVU7zc" target="new">starlight</a></em><br />massive attack - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvsvaRyvr8&mode=related&search=" target="new">protection</a></em><br />dj shadow - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzeMhl6cfU" target="new">midnight in a perfect world</a></em><br />guillemots - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6uV9wqpuU" target="new">we're here</a></em><br />bloc party - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjV9hDNRvQ" target="new">two more years</a></em><br />fun lovin criminals - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxb8Hc7CGkI&mode=related&search=" target="new">scooby snacks</a></em><br />yeah yeah yeahs - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFg0CgCxw8" target="new">cheated hearts</a></em><br />corvus corax - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ok6IMMbJ70" target="new">cantinus buranus</a></em><br />dirty pretty things - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYde_Hckww" target="new">bang bang you're dead</a></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNGhr-1JMwhQ8ho65JvqF23anT3gPkdHNqKQ1FbhrBpVAGrrNS20fi2b9iuWlowmOtzeUkpRU7ti6I8yvi0NQhkFmXduCJQzU9Dqe5GVIU7efbKMPOhyl1NY3bYIrUyzQ4VYAZlLN-4c/s1600-h/lowlands+entrance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020673573324617522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNGhr-1JMwhQ8ho65JvqF23anT3gPkdHNqKQ1FbhrBpVAGrrNS20fi2b9iuWlowmOtzeUkpRU7ti6I8yvi0NQhkFmXduCJQzU9Dqe5GVIU7efbKMPOhyl1NY3bYIrUyzQ4VYAZlLN-4c/s200/lowlands+entrance.jpg" /></a><br />gateway to paradise<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XTRd8oKYYhQxrrqNAX70KlvZFFscJ9Fed8YMWRCetTJSlcCseJzqrfXs34Kt4ZZrIQrB3dR_tuQOUZw50MuL1YZxRdGNjhA1yQv3Al781ZEdZ0i_1Ze2vlJoywmN3fY9vCJMz6SO7fc/s1600-h/lowlands+crowd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020674556872128434" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDl9pECHVy6XkPWW7VL1zdsB1WZ6nP3h5rMRzBPHsxuwKtnazBQrxjwR-dHngBQoq8HLvbPQPb_BcoXZ8tYP5MqjYHnlA-D70rJIwAV9EPC_jPawXQzto0tquHppmk449qLT4JdjB1lc/s1600-h/leicester+cathedral.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026981475828136018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ08z-cUa_3weF2TL-NRQgysfLIhyphenhyphenmt-fHPWFhAp9sfBoJPe_VbbOvsOszi8HvZz8a4LvQlvVb2KInf712W676dYmuzrBVUZS9pqTKzCk6JflR9iitQDX2KzL-a-GdnEZ2EQPkBRAdsbw/s200/o'neill's.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">O'Neill's, Loseby Lane - here I fell in love</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13b8IszRNfdtC7eatzO-gLo-fPVystJSjstPakyCCBRPIM5xLsYf6rqCF6ZAeFRZ7jxAtMV4TMWXQteqmZIN5j6yNEMumz9JyGCrpO4pSSXc_j_i74zy_IqTCEqp3wi_ur369Ur12_tY/s1600-h/soar+lane.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026986539594578162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13b8IszRNfdtC7eatzO-gLo-fPVystJSjstPakyCCBRPIM5xLsYf6rqCF6ZAeFRZ7jxAtMV4TMWXQteqmZIN5j6yNEMumz9JyGCrpO4pSSXc_j_i74zy_IqTCEqp3wi_ur369Ur12_tY/s200/soar+lane.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"><br />The shortcut home from town along the canal, Soar Lane</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_jNa22AfIX_jCizojDqEQxKOG0xCzEJ0FkpfryD32VEOaTtM7F60MLIFjtHpEN8MLY1CExHk3fmoI4_gcJaqi41l8oHwApcZkOgG950-SBQRKfPC5FNaR7cHNkt0KHmLGpL3c_HM2SM/s1600-h/diwali.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026981484418070658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_jNa22AfIX_jCizojDqEQxKOG0xCzEJ0FkpfryD32VEOaTtM7F60MLIFjtHpEN8MLY1CExHk3fmoI4_gcJaqi41l8oHwApcZkOgG950-SBQRKfPC5FNaR7cHNkt0KHmLGpL3c_HM2SM/s200/diwali.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"><br />Diwali 2003</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV4O4av0xFCrTHTXZJfpbw-RXWlGbWiQtjhf1LPU-8i2iSbslkrPEQcAw5e9ZLcGfxzjp7u0U16iPhgD2vnlBvqkhf02OYU6DXLjqZ4TF-Z2_wnpUK0cs1gjQ-k74fsrHLmcy7qsp_yY/s1600-h/newarke+houses.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026992999225391394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV4O4av0xFCrTHTXZJfpbw-RXWlGbWiQtjhf1LPU-8i2iSbslkrPEQcAw5e9ZLcGfxzjp7u0U16iPhgD2vnlBvqkhf02OYU6DXLjqZ4TF-Z2_wnpUK0cs1gjQ-k74fsrHLmcy7qsp_yY/s200/newarke+houses.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">A view of the garden from Newarke Houses Museum, where I redesigned the Toy Gallery</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-Ges8M-lPpE027COeUqVQWTOMgLfqHEtoklkjSyNMMdZhZnL724_SEAXA4Ft_7atzaq4Jy2oiXYFrNoptekN5NNAkLP0yc2M3khyphenhyphenxhSmeYGgqzKuIVBBWM5ouXpW6JuJpMLgG8h8bbE/s1600-h/kulfi+stand.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026993016405260610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-Ges8M-lPpE027COeUqVQWTOMgLfqHEtoklkjSyNMMdZhZnL724_SEAXA4Ft_7atzaq4Jy2oiXYFrNoptekN5NNAkLP0yc2M3khyphenhyphenxhSmeYGgqzKuIVBBWM5ouXpW6JuJpMLgG8h8bbE/s200/kulfi+stand.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">The Mela, Summer 2004 - Bob bought me a kulfi at this stall</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDl9pECHVy6XkPWW7VL1zdsB1WZ6nP3h5rMRzBPHsxuwKtnazBQrxjwR-dHngBQoq8HLvbPQPb_BcoXZ8tYP5MqjYHnlA-D70rJIwAV9EPC_jPawXQzto0tquHppmk449qLT4JdjB1lc/s1600-h/leicester+cathedral.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026981475828136034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDl9pECHVy6XkPWW7VL1zdsB1WZ6nP3h5rMRzBPHsxuwKtnazBQrxjwR-dHngBQoq8HLvbPQPb_BcoXZ8tYP5MqjYHnlA-D70rJIwAV9EPC_jPawXQzto0tquHppmk449qLT4JdjB1lc/s200/leicester+cathedral.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The view from the bench at Leicester Cathedral - a good place for contemplation</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaasJE_VuPQWPTrNistr_8SBjgZ0Ri8lchKoJSo5U6x7z8govAnmCV04SkEaKemjG4FvffpMO-Wd0iVrT-soxzO-nPS5OIyi1uJq5j2p_ckXmm8vojr7ZeWDowbMY5ZAVHvtdid_mOGa4/s1600-h/tigers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026985740730661090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaasJE_VuPQWPTrNistr_8SBjgZ0Ri8lchKoJSo5U6x7z8govAnmCV04SkEaKemjG4FvffpMO-Wd0iVrT-soxzO-nPS5OIyi1uJq5j2p_ckXmm8vojr7ZeWDowbMY5ZAVHvtdid_mOGa4/s200/tigers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Supporting the Tigers from the terraces at Welford Road</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvumbM4IcfkHgQTILrSFWvVKelDSUf6MkPn03lZE_sukGwADdwEYwSFCKMPIsPth090UDMTfgUDmzy2-zgRNfvRDXHBbESiX5EXrHnqYJAaiWc-KqXv8Jh0qMpHaY-Wo_nGxYe8LSRSgY/s1600-h/the+mosque.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026993007815326002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvumbM4IcfkHgQTILrSFWvVKelDSUf6MkPn03lZE_sukGwADdwEYwSFCKMPIsPth090UDMTfgUDmzy2-zgRNfvRDXHBbESiX5EXrHnqYJAaiWc-KqXv8Jh0qMpHaY-Wo_nGxYe8LSRSgY/s200/the+mosque.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The central Mosque</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q5p8gODzL3Jh9RfewB75W_ppGXD7-jiTHYTAKu51vIDDukeNCD4dRnFXRzD0-9EtbYiKSa2pXJNf6ORntQvtuZfB6aRGIQl5CCld6fbLoOg3HGzoaL_m1WnS9-euNWeOojWWjk0pimQ/s1600-h/guildhall.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026981471533168706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q5p8gODzL3Jh9RfewB75W_ppGXD7-jiTHYTAKu51vIDDukeNCD4dRnFXRzD0-9EtbYiKSa2pXJNf6ORntQvtuZfB6aRGIQl5CCld6fbLoOg3HGzoaL_m1WnS9-euNWeOojWWjk0pimQ/s200/guildhall.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The Guildhall, where I sang with the Kingfisher Chorale, Christmas 2004</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxtOKQlo3Glum40mwx8dMSlXdZxc6TCm1kYsDBjFc5WQhEAZ0VauQ_IXeBuu25gOndR8OVxorN5zauxn23sZNpPK0qNNaRGIMZID5ycS8JDVwJ2eSM52U8XEJKa8Vyel5Vaqiqx2P9pI/s200/guildhall+window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026980762863564850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxtOKQlo3Glum40mwx8dMSlXdZxc6TCm1kYsDBjFc5WQhEAZ0VauQ_IXeBuu25gOndR8OVxorN5zauxn23sZNpPK0qNNaRGIMZID5ycS8JDVwJ2eSM52U8XEJKa8Vyel5Vaqiqx2P9pI/s200/guildhall+window.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">A stained glass window in the Guildhall</span>jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133356181221050647.post-67041510214248417832007-01-14T02:55:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:27:25.956-08:00travels 2003<div><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >uk</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kate and I travelled from Leicester to Oxfordshire, to the village where her mother grew up. In Oxford, we strolled through college grounds and city streets, admiring the peace and beauty. </span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko7rsNpIn8Be0h_Q2KuSSmEwd8VAdz4ncGPUpgSZ469pyi5HnHnlZEAn_Iz5LHCZmLrJJpCHf8GxS9a6VFI6WU1fKEFoLReiCtcNXOe8Fm_1um8-FcDE_9wkD7BQ9XF0aDb-YjUwS2mQ/s1600-h/g+oxford.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020061866902450674" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko7rsNpIn8Be0h_Q2KuSSmEwd8VAdz4ncGPUpgSZ469pyi5HnHnlZEAn_Iz5LHCZmLrJJpCHf8GxS9a6VFI6WU1fKEFoLReiCtcNXOe8Fm_1um8-FcDE_9wkD7BQ9XF0aDb-YjUwS2mQ/s200/g+oxford.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >"The free-thinking of one age is the common sense of the next"<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;" >Matthew Arnold from <em>God and the Bible</em>, 1875</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" >belgium</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We stopped off in the medieval town of Bruges, exploring its laneways and canals, and admiring its vibrant market square; and then briefly travelled through Brussels - centre of the European Union.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs6t6Ebqz4lJ09XAFTxnV-kbriYgKjs0NzBW_nsBdv6JDiYcQ9FbTf_hpf0zpiTpjgdTN60EMSVgfajqzldR3jnVN-C8EUFtABuNTDo6jq_GHg5RtQmvwSirMWB-XXAiqBKKu4DcpHLc/s1600-h/bruges.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020061871197418002" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs6t6Ebqz4lJ09XAFTxnV-kbriYgKjs0NzBW_nsBdv6JDiYcQ9FbTf_hpf0zpiTpjgdTN60EMSVgfajqzldR3jnVN-C8EUFtABuNTDo6jq_GHg5RtQmvwSirMWB-XXAiqBKKu4DcpHLc/s200/bruges.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Bruges</span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" >netherlands</span></strong> </div>Amsterdam is a calming, colourful city, and here I discovered many endearing nooks which made me vow to return. We smoked a joint at Bulldogs and explored the canals by boat. I loved the historical museum - which tells the story of the uniquely-constructed city in a particularly engaging way. But if you have to choose one museum in Amsterdam, let it be the Anne Frank House, which is a museological masterpiece. Here you see Anne Frank's actual bedroom and the pictures of Hollywood pin-ups she pasted on the wall. There is an interactive room which asks you to challenge your own prejudices. Finally (and for me most powerfully) there is a room which is filled with hundreds of different publications of her diary - in a hundred or more different languages, whilst a documentary film of her father plays in the background, with him speaking of how proud she would have been to have known of her impact upon the world. My favourite calming nook in Amsterdam was the Begijnhof - an enclosed courtyard dating from the 14th century. It was built as a sanctuary for the Begijntjes - a Catholic sisterhood - and its quietness in the midst of a thriving city seemed other-worldly.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFubnII8-7P_g0AltjmgCyw7_PuU9JS-x-MPqIkj2m-fXyEF1C5OO8_9pDQY3WXY6FsjFrmc4kmqWuXiNNkYIsFO8YafGhwUs0DN885m9Xhrf19mL3QSI24um97vSDvpVcjNVhXx4Le2w/s1600-h/snake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020061871197418018" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFubnII8-7P_g0AltjmgCyw7_PuU9JS-x-MPqIkj2m-fXyEF1C5OO8_9pDQY3WXY6FsjFrmc4kmqWuXiNNkYIsFO8YafGhwUs0DN885m9Xhrf19mL3QSI24um97vSDvpVcjNVhXx4Le2w/s200/snake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Some public art in the chilled-out city<br /><br /></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" >switzerland</span></strong><br />Travelling through Switzerland, we stayed in Lauterbrunnen with the mountains looming over us. We saw the bear pits at Bern which, as a fan of Gwynnedd Rae's children's books about <span style="font-style: italic;">Mary Plain</span> [a bear from these pits and a pre-cursor to Paddington] was a place I had always wanted to go because I had spent a good deal of time imagining what it was like. However the reality of it disturbed me, it being sad to see these great animals caged. Lake Lucerne was like glass - crisp and Swiss and perfect.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVf3JCemRTMnM90goHsT0CsXiOECbQBrjoei6s9lAMKfp8EBC3N6Ety2nJnfnI_hpVvpmSuaqCNaCACzEkzy5qN8KMNtdeTT4OWsh_HPbACDOzNiqLoiTSIlkAON3zGBRCZ4YTCwofRk/s1600-h/lauterbrunnen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020088315311059634" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVf3JCemRTMnM90goHsT0CsXiOECbQBrjoei6s9lAMKfp8EBC3N6Ety2nJnfnI_hpVvpmSuaqCNaCACzEkzy5qN8KMNtdeTT4OWsh_HPbACDOzNiqLoiTSIlkAON3zGBRCZ4YTCwofRk/s200/lauterbrunnen.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >The claustrophic landscape of Lauterbrunnen</span><br /><div><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" ><br />italy</span></strong> </div><br /><div>Venice, Florence and Rome<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkmjUVVMYJGU5g953lC1zH90yOZnWo5qEfwMo5F3c5KzbzB9nU0NPIMZFzwIfEas1XaBDPfg6NoUcADKXgvvuNySJ1EpVfghjLa_RQqaJSQrRtf-fqQIFVWmGVxF6hDe-fNbpb7gL2j0/s1600-h/venice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020081447658353266" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkmjUVVMYJGU5g953lC1zH90yOZnWo5qEfwMo5F3c5KzbzB9nU0NPIMZFzwIfEas1XaBDPfg6NoUcADKXgvvuNySJ1EpVfghjLa_RQqaJSQrRtf-fqQIFVWmGVxF6hDe-fNbpb7gL2j0/s200/venice.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >A market stall near St. Mark's Square<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioGfy3FiTfCK-lR9A-imEyiVrr-j3sAlLOwRsYBYum6V5Dxxwuj4RP4Zib7qkWIxQzKqgzqpAQMuEnBF6sBHy9ZTw11LWcFuP0J5JHAatiXZxjQ_csS2itZNWvs_puoHL6MoilBxHj5E/s1600-h/florence.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020081447658353282" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioGfy3FiTfCK-lR9A-imEyiVrr-j3sAlLOwRsYBYum6V5Dxxwuj4RP4Zib7qkWIxQzKqgzqpAQMuEnBF6sBHy9ZTw11LWcFuP0J5JHAatiXZxjQ_csS2itZNWvs_puoHL6MoilBxHj5E/s200/florence.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Or else I'll go to the Ponte Vecchio and throw myself in the Arno<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHghBh9t6EMQsa1q2RkfIjV0KOqbYnyu2hVV7AJKU_xE2htcaD7BxPKcQ-9s96qhSoZszkMdv8Bu6zmBbVIAAPy1O5fnucY1ovrAtjetu3rXbS42lBEbRhkK_XvXbShWvVkdx6GWK-CY/s1600-h/rome.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020081447658353298" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHghBh9t6EMQsa1q2RkfIjV0KOqbYnyu2hVV7AJKU_xE2htcaD7BxPKcQ-9s96qhSoZszkMdv8Bu6zmBbVIAAPy1O5fnucY1ovrAtjetu3rXbS42lBEbRhkK_XvXbShWvVkdx6GWK-CY/s200/rome.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Agrippa would have been pleased that we are still admiring the Forum</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" ><strong>vatican city</strong></span><br />The Sistine Chapel, the pigeons and the postbox<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_oQux6uidk8LVBQzTeFK62YYu9YcuyLuYv17pJYEtJ0mWWox3JVolEzqVPec1KqMWEW6LO6sUt_MY_Kyk30HKplULMXjni8KQ2wJdzBwJqdZ9XJm1lkBcI-rc0ndscr2VgQrjOKTF0Q/s1600-h/swiss+guard.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020089556556608194" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_oQux6uidk8LVBQzTeFK62YYu9YcuyLuYv17pJYEtJ0mWWox3JVolEzqVPec1KqMWEW6LO6sUt_MY_Kyk30HKplULMXjni8KQ2wJdzBwJqdZ9XJm1lkBcI-rc0ndscr2VgQrjOKTF0Q/s200/swiss+guard.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Swiss Guard a'guarding</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" >france</span></strong> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nice - Salade Nicoise, pebbles and shopping<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiQVEKAp2pmiYsK5ySdumcF1xcMbuum-VQvJbEDjLsrKoKGoARumCAT2-L5BPMGmTNr6l_TDuXJ3JHcJY4AsDEe42AiDhgbKESWwEs6X14QHWNW63rf7djwIwW0TRdrPUx6RN7HiCvl8/s1600-h/nice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020076714604393058" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiQVEKAp2pmiYsK5ySdumcF1xcMbuum-VQvJbEDjLsrKoKGoARumCAT2-L5BPMGmTNr6l_TDuXJ3JHcJY4AsDEe42AiDhgbKESWwEs6X14QHWNW63rf7djwIwW0TRdrPUx6RN7HiCvl8/s200/nice.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >For me the palm tree is an icon of the South of France<br /></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;" >spain</span></strong> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barcelona, Madrid & San Sebastian, tortillas, olives and the Mexican<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhveFnyMo2yy0mD-CL7wIBfCjMAGjS0aj_M0J5ckNcuU4846w9a_YjAjVGm1mGMKUzjqc4BMFvMNLw_fdr5bq7saeUk2YYDiOaYM93DF1NAngZd0jbZr3CxOLqRHFdOwKjym-Haj5x_I/s1600-h/casa+batllo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020076714604393042" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhveFnyMo2yy0mD-CL7wIBfCjMAGjS0aj_M0J5ckNcuU4846w9a_YjAjVGm1mGMKUzjqc4BMFvMNLw_fdr5bq7saeUk2YYDiOaYM93DF1NAngZd0jbZr3CxOLqRHFdOwKjym-Haj5x_I/s200/casa+batllo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >The welcome weirdness of Gaudi's Casa Batllo</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZfJ0CiYl37axCMkMc8XurVNNFYoCiikggenQUaVNCBvjnq1XJAH9vFrz8ILI6b-k1XdzTubkekzaZ60tixDw75TgVerr1OOcMO0Df4LvcZgCTmJEgCYPwLpfhUB1nWJDQOJoHBXXtic/s1600-h/madrid+busker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020076710309425730" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZfJ0CiYl37axCMkMc8XurVNNFYoCiikggenQUaVNCBvjnq1XJAH9vFrz8ILI6b-k1XdzTubkekzaZ60tixDw75TgVerr1OOcMO0Df4LvcZgCTmJEgCYPwLpfhUB1nWJDQOJoHBXXtic/s200/madrid+busker.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Madrid, alive with sights and sounds</span></div><div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ></span> </div><div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSPjvAF_pdUe758X1_8MQkv2OseY26-qh8STgpZeYBrj2xPkOG3o_5JsPuXtqDo4-apmjyTEI02kXTCmASVQrSrmavZ4tG5a_XS5k5hgiTZ18zJmr0f72d_NbuLBNRZzRA8lCkLbGtSg/s1600-h/san+sebastian.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020093671135277778" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSPjvAF_pdUe758X1_8MQkv2OseY26-qh8STgpZeYBrj2xPkOG3o_5JsPuXtqDo4-apmjyTEI02kXTCmASVQrSrmavZ4tG5a_XS5k5hgiTZ18zJmr0f72d_NbuLBNRZzRA8lCkLbGtSg/s200/san+sebastian.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><div><span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;" >Beach, church and creative industry harmonise in San Sebastian</span></div>jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133356181221050647.post-12285479241013491872007-01-13T21:04:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:27:27.066-08:00travels 2002<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ccccff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>spain & portugal</strong><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Having found myself with a week off work in the spring of 2002, I bought a ticket to Madrid and travelled from there to Salamanca and Lisbon. Salamanca had always been a must-see spot for me, being as it was where Miguel de Cervantes had studied, and where Miguel de Unamuno, the great Basque philosopher rose up against the fascists in 1936, saying "You will succeed, but not convince". Lisbon was warm and lush. I met some girls from Sydney whose parents were East Timorese, and a girl from Brazil. They all spoke Portuguese. I went with them to Sintra - A UNESCO world heritage site. Both countryside and architecture in Andalucia felt more exotic than anything I had experienced, yet the arid land and the gum trees near Porto almost made me believe I was in country New South Wales. Madrid, with its vibrant cultural beat, its vast open squares and lazy cafe culture, captured my heart.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05qhivbK_uxI4pf94lCqbuTdOE1v8ueg94XaQzEaGQ5kp3_U5TnGpE25k-VB4Zhz0LZBt5D0slqulN26u622YW8dwlGWWKqzEV0sFZO0L1qXkIVH132m5kI1-kinsNyqt0rxWavTPIS8/s1600-h/salamanca5.png"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkS15KCyaQImxEg99cXt1nvttyuPm2R_OcKnAABkRzbgpNMGKRz-d4EleoDsR9q3VLjIvO72_rztfB8a33U2fqExa136t-4KtydeL7OV7phbaQ5ePHNfs91CgJJ9zkr1dMxy_FjFgfy1I/s1600-h/salamanca5.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020020618036539794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkS15KCyaQImxEg99cXt1nvttyuPm2R_OcKnAABkRzbgpNMGKRz-d4EleoDsR9q3VLjIvO72_rztfB8a33U2fqExa136t-4KtydeL7OV7phbaQ5ePHNfs91CgJJ9zkr1dMxy_FjFgfy1I/s200/salamanca5.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Salamanca, 2002 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be." </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">[Miguel de Unamuno from The Tragic Sense of Life] </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbQwJjWh3s9037Hz9sUXQV_VxSaJtjJg5pOCWJY8n06GWlytvIWHDdMcFWSPbx1PLevddP-zE_plfxDu2LfavlcG23_-EFFejeHS187GG8EfkQmx37rzX4jJx5E1KTo4umgPhPhgJvBA/s1600-h/lisbon1.png"></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx8gTP0oHkwm3C3-WcI9IY2JBdWCOqSsMLxEec0yDPtHuy2mTD6iXQ3vCKkxujfGMvlR-eRo5RXZTaMRTpoIhYT80T_0zyrpxUTGS2-g_2bFTpf2G_GSk5m2PqhFQBU1zjUv-aXtDCz8/s1600-h/lisbon1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020020626626474402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx8gTP0oHkwm3C3-WcI9IY2JBdWCOqSsMLxEec0yDPtHuy2mTD6iXQ3vCKkxujfGMvlR-eRo5RXZTaMRTpoIhYT80T_0zyrpxUTGS2-g_2bFTpf2G_GSk5m2PqhFQBU1zjUv-aXtDCz8/s200/lisbon1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Lisbon, 2002 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">I thought I could smell Africa across the sea </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7bjoQ-_oG63tEqfpdExGd6iiLN7ruwZ6B0vvKcUAUOMcmKc1mORfSatrO8C7le3e0Nm9tb6modOLush_lTnyy_H-m37iHLv03hb1Cm2MhORpIyJFqY2g-n5RtRJkTyaLlspgYq-1IUM/s1600-h/sintra1.png"></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpgrEnOvKVKT1_LrfhR3bVVrGH5v_6uOTB44AWvxWtfEAjtcRqZXqM301pScj0NGhyphenhyphenvz3YS0Bfs0mLl8lQm9kP-gh5P1K6RAFMoIasCAldzkJZKHApCJFAZHWU6BjqiZljL_NR5o-Kzk/s1600-h/sintra1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020020648101310898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpgrEnOvKVKT1_LrfhR3bVVrGH5v_6uOTB44AWvxWtfEAjtcRqZXqM301pScj0NGhyphenhyphenvz3YS0Bfs0mLl8lQm9kP-gh5P1K6RAFMoIasCAldzkJZKHApCJFAZHWU6BjqiZljL_NR5o-Kzk/s200/sintra1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Sintra, 2002 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The long picturesque walk to the Sintra National Palace </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palácio_Nacional_de_Sintra" target="new"><span style="font-size:78%;">[more]</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ccccff;"><strong>france </strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was lucky enough to be reunited with Angela, my friend from choir days, in the summer of 2002. We drove to Paris for a long weekend with her friends Kevin and Michel, keeping ourselves amused with much debate and laughter. We stayed near the Rue d'Auteuil, and dined on petits pains au chocolat, moules frites, creme brulee and coffee. But then it wasn't all about food. We climbed the Eiffel Tower, read De Gaulle's speech </span><a href="http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Appel_du_18_juin?match=en" target="new"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">[more]</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> at the foot of the Champs Elysees, ambled through Montmartre, marvelled at Sacre Coeur and ingested the emotion at the Musee d'Orsay. We drove to the Palace of Versailles, and spent a misty day in its gardens and mazes. At Calais, on our return, we left our car in the queue to board the ferry and wandered down to the beach. We were gazing out to sea when someone noticed the front of the queue was moving. If you had been watching you wouldn't have been able to see us for sand. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUkr8ySA3undjxbZ5oea0Fzmw20JWK5Vwal6W_p9_bW-4AkRwP9aWAeIURe6bqbb4OpHMyhMjggBecnuZJziKkIojWGiOMPixwVB5dkWj8c2ajQiP_UN3EuER4sZL4rc5y4j_jmYq46A/s1600-h/g+gargoyle.jpg"></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEEqBrCdfcuZS2DD_boZy0TnSJDWGkBkvhkY1OYd1Iu0mNjXFD_YWcmlA3ctdDflXOvGIdOhRrAfHXMR9eg-ukuMH3dSv8LSvtQLfqcCGPcGzh2kXIB3eFVjyTd3nNtm1w3V9uVpHKng/s1600-h/g+gargoyle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020020652396278210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEEqBrCdfcuZS2DD_boZy0TnSJDWGkBkvhkY1OYd1Iu0mNjXFD_YWcmlA3ctdDflXOvGIdOhRrAfHXMR9eg-ukuMH3dSv8LSvtQLfqcCGPcGzh2kXIB3eFVjyTd3nNtm1w3V9uVpHKng/s200/g+gargoyle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pondering Paris, Notre Dame </span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsjVAAycEJlV9vF56okHD6J-rYU3piHyug9OUri7xpy1AWc_sKOoa2zPWvSbf0KESTuzjgWVwG5tvQNBwGy9yQ0yhK8DhnOfHl5yyuORTjLKt8cSVlB04xfLNNilxJNetiI4PZv8ZTWM/s1600-h/g+montmartre.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020020652396278226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsjVAAycEJlV9vF56okHD6J-rYU3piHyug9OUri7xpy1AWc_sKOoa2zPWvSbf0KESTuzjgWVwG5tvQNBwGy9yQ0yhK8DhnOfHl5yyuORTjLKt8cSVlB04xfLNNilxJNetiI4PZv8ZTWM/s200/g+montmartre.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Montmartre is like a room full of mirrors </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5t0TfG0jEaBarKcZZxEur0zWOmYM1Q4hW4IgC_yZ7l2VM_xrQEn0URcyNG8HXYCUzcYaxpXBdvmm7QAT5oWof_E02FLbmQYI8E1NY8DOOchlsQ65_UvpFGg1pf-B-IVxWayNIo9jH74/s1600-h/g+versailles.jpg"></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD4WW1_VQsDhFFCHJsxjm8aiQJ_0KlwIU33BsAL-ZxzxN2V6qAMCh_qndmPDHeBS4GIDRNZJJRD1F990mHiANv8apHUfYUtGAsezZpHLNJ2prkODZfptXtiRFXnwL7vQsHxqBAuC0KyE/s1600-h/g+versailles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020026721185067490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD4WW1_VQsDhFFCHJsxjm8aiQJ_0KlwIU33BsAL-ZxzxN2V6qAMCh_qndmPDHeBS4GIDRNZJJRD1F990mHiANv8apHUfYUtGAsezZpHLNJ2prkODZfptXtiRFXnwL7vQsHxqBAuC0KyE/s200/g+versailles.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The gardens of the Palace of Versailles</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"></span>jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133356181221050647.post-77542481859433022322007-01-12T16:54:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:27:28.159-08:00travels 2001<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ccccff;"><strong>sweden<br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In May 2001 I travelled to Sweden for my first European adventure. My good friends and flatmates Emily and Stephan had returned home to Stockholm and invited me to stay with them. The design and architecture, and the friendly rationality of the Swedish people, came as a breath of fresh air. We wandered the streets of the old town [Gamla Stan], saw the National Palace and the Vasa museum, ate ice cream cones at the Skansen open air museum, and discussed the horrific story of the Estonia ferry at the monument to its dead. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Gothenburg, with its trams, parks and thriving port represented a yin-yang balance between relaxation and the Swedish commitment to hard work. On Marstrand, island of pleasure, I stayed in a hostel on the water that had all the qualities of a five-star hotel. Venturing north almost to the border of Norway, I trekked to Tanum, UNESCO world heritage site for its Bronze Age rock carvings and Vitlycke Museum.</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019395927928238194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJI2Sr_bVQSW23-xlvxSU1LYSusYmHd6MfV9gMnL0mC-ApflsksPOkAkR0tvrMhJD_3puklKYTgpA68AfCNkLiDqF1Qd9QOdp91HhL970trwJ0bebCSHfV60kYkKAlQOFBJwIrb3YKPjI/s200/g+stockholm+gamla+stan.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">We went to a wild graduation party in Stockholm's Gamla Stan</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Mgya8Nt6BeMJVeK2wSF69ntQtHyz4C8cbM598C7ioBKksJ2ZgzgrLyX5osJ9S5NfW9qwX_QmVCyl1arRlR3MtJlNXuAahFWa3fb8oXVmJbc2Kzu0Eyex8-hKDXy0DxAOepGDAzOKHto/s1600-h/g+marstrand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019384619279347810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Mgya8Nt6BeMJVeK2wSF69ntQtHyz4C8cbM598C7ioBKksJ2ZgzgrLyX5osJ9S5NfW9qwX_QmVCyl1arRlR3MtJlNXuAahFWa3fb8oXVmJbc2Kzu0Eyex8-hKDXy0DxAOepGDAzOKHto/s200/g+marstrand.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Disembarking from the ferry on Marstrand, I was met by a local playing a didgeridoo</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-S3qpHES5XtP1TBGkAwQ8lyMI8KH5xCb7X8wVKxHlDZCy6d1Hrpk2dc2SGXKZEwHeKRU5D3mVBHiHxaIHIpj_po16NFyuFxtAvtTPuNVTn8-a1XfFUxUplzN4yx6vgbhHGw2oE8p7W0/s1600-h/g+tanum+rock+carvings.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019368899699044434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-S3qpHES5XtP1TBGkAwQ8lyMI8KH5xCb7X8wVKxHlDZCy6d1Hrpk2dc2SGXKZEwHeKRU5D3mVBHiHxaIHIpj_po16NFyuFxtAvtTPuNVTn8-a1XfFUxUplzN4yx6vgbhHGw2oE8p7W0/s200/g+tanum+rock+carvings.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The rock carvings at Tanum offer us a window onto Bronze Age life and beliefs</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ccccff;"><strong>uk & ireland<br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In October 2001 I travelled through the UK and Ireland. I saw Stonehenge, Tintern Abbey, and ventured down a coal mine in South Wales. I journeyed through Wales to Caernarvon, and then across the Irish sea to explore Dublin, Killarney National Park, Blarney Castle, Galway, Connemara and Belfast. I returned to Anglesey before travelling through Liverpool and Chester to Edinburgh, Inverness, Loch Ness and Fort William. Ceilidh dancing in Inverness and swimming in Loch Ness were highlights of my Scottish foray. I returned to London via the Cheviot Hills and York. Travelling on a bus down the M1 I noticed a sign to Sadberge, the village where my great-grandmother lived. To this day, I have not been there.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAgL_Y-HZWdDnWc7ffvjT0nRT5crOS6eEiiV9PaK90UslhjDC1GyoBlQ6t8hWcpzPJVDhMb8zutV-XdlA13ZZTJ45yXR18LmSHfWLc2LT57HtSrEXshLdY1tpldvzHoed2sygI3mcmoY/s1600-h/liverpool1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019315285622288306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAgL_Y-HZWdDnWc7ffvjT0nRT5crOS6eEiiV9PaK90UslhjDC1GyoBlQ6t8hWcpzPJVDhMb8zutV-XdlA13ZZTJ45yXR18LmSHfWLc2LT57HtSrEXshLdY1tpldvzHoed2sygI3mcmoY/s200/liverpool1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Liverpool, 2001</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Liverpool, dominated by the Mersey River, has an ambience that I love</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI2RZQeBzbJk8gSwGvlHmF2XozXg_egnd0MaXZksj7Yen7myRsTae1pWcoSFWERcA78idPXwat3UE2dlbMrPud6qp5DBQTXfcy8vqLIPcECqvtbYFyFa1irJ6zmiS5gQ12DcQKVdVIbE/s1600-h/highlands1.png"><span style="font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019319026538803186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI2RZQeBzbJk8gSwGvlHmF2XozXg_egnd0MaXZksj7Yen7myRsTae1pWcoSFWERcA78idPXwat3UE2dlbMrPud6qp5DBQTXfcy8vqLIPcECqvtbYFyFa1irJ6zmiS5gQ12DcQKVdVIbE/s200/highlands1.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Highlands of Scotland, 2001</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Somewhere near here is a fairy glen, where my imagination ran free</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlGvwIDr7hBE_iVqU-5Dejt0t2e6e_At9Xh4jZG2TSgF2yIbnz9LKm9OhdrtqYhWIJSVZ6XIdqZ6Ofg8DNPWUai844t3y6HWezyseAYbpb6lTe_1zMBmzlvrdTJ7ONiIgjV-9AqRJXPA/s1600-h/culloden.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019318128890638306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlGvwIDr7hBE_iVqU-5Dejt0t2e6e_At9Xh4jZG2TSgF2yIbnz9LKm9OhdrtqYhWIJSVZ6XIdqZ6Ofg8DNPWUai844t3y6HWezyseAYbpb6lTe_1zMBmzlvrdTJ7ONiIgjV-9AqRJXPA/s200/culloden.png" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Culloden, 2001 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">The scene of horrific killing on 16 April 1746 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden" target="new">[more]</a></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden"> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ccccff;"><strong>denmark</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My dear friend Rikke, with whom I shared a cosy flat in Orsett Terrace, Paddington, invited me and our friend Emma to spend New Year's Eve 2001 at her home near Århus, Denmark. What a party we had on 31 December: a three-course meal with oysters to start, vodka, cowboy hats, Danish flags, the Queen's speech and fireworks in the snow. Rikke and her father drove me around the beautiful countryside near their home, showing me Kalø castle, where Gustav Vasa [later king of Sweden] was kept prisoner in 1518, and Ebeltoft, a beautifully preserved old village of cottages and cobbled streets. I then travelled to Copenhagen where I saw the statue of the little mermaid, the Round Tower and the hippy commune Kristiana.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyxri-ecLG8RfPqZ0hs-LJTFvoWMLFmt5cAq2AwycvsTdyK-QPPOTsHUN4Ux-CYNjpeu1-aOp_Hn1IjTvGs-c9gUy32CmoTJPH62pPuAxf-CqIm_8vlOZkHlnsld259bky4JDWvY-5t8/s1600-h/copenhagen2.png"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019312725821779842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyxri-ecLG8RfPqZ0hs-LJTFvoWMLFmt5cAq2AwycvsTdyK-QPPOTsHUN4Ux-CYNjpeu1-aOp_Hn1IjTvGs-c9gUy32CmoTJPH62pPuAxf-CqIm_8vlOZkHlnsld259bky4JDWvY-5t8/s200/copenhagen2.png" border="0" /></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Århus, December 2001</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Only my second sighting of snow, the first being at Mount Donna Buang as a child</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH0GJo9dLlH6st4W9CkZ03yxq6jLw0sKzHEM4mO5NzCH2PmAr1gsfA15vyuL8k-Ex2-cyaqXhjdL4vUUkjBtjWvSFPd_SW3HwZjWrC3XkxQjEa1LBwfItuw0X5rX7KNFCf0d76FLDgFw/s1600-h/ebeltoft1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019314280599941026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH0GJo9dLlH6st4W9CkZ03yxq6jLw0sKzHEM4mO5NzCH2PmAr1gsfA15vyuL8k-Ex2-cyaqXhjdL4vUUkjBtjWvSFPd_SW3HwZjWrC3XkxQjEa1LBwfItuw0X5rX7KNFCf0d76FLDgFw/s200/ebeltoft1.png" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">Ebeltoft, December 2001</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">The Olde Worlde charm of Ebeltoft warmed the chilly stillness</span>jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215474142250335222noreply@blogger.com