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Monday, June 27, 2005
More Hahn than Frankfurt
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Labels: airlines, frankfurt, frankfurt-hahn-airport, germany, ryanair
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Frankfurt
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Wimbledon
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
London Dungeon Urinal
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Labels: amusing-photos, england, london, public-toilet
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Friends of Bewleys unite!
I lived in Dublin for a year and more than one person remarked what an odd place to live for someone who doesn't drink. I'm the only Australian I know of who spent a year in Ireland without the black goop passing my lips.
I did frequent the pubs in Dublin for the craic, but to write notes and read books and newspapers you can't beat going to a cafe. There is a good collection of independent cafes in Dublin and in my time there Starbucks had not landed in Ireland. One of Dublin's oldest established cafes is Bewleys. Their flagship store in Grafton street is a classic link to a bygone era with its stain glass windows and cafeteria style dining.
This store is now threatened with closure and in this Starbuckafied world the closure of Bewleys would be a great loss to Dublin.
I did frequent the pubs in Dublin for the craic, but to write notes and read books and newspapers you can't beat going to a cafe. There is a good collection of independent cafes in Dublin and in my time there Starbucks had not landed in Ireland. One of Dublin's oldest established cafes is Bewleys. Their flagship store in Grafton street is a classic link to a bygone era with its stain glass windows and cafeteria style dining.
This store is now threatened with closure and in this Starbuckafied world the closure of Bewleys would be a great loss to Dublin.
Labels: bewleys, cafe, dublin, ireland
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
London in the desert
I'm going to London tomorrow, or as I like to call it - Home. I always love going back.
When I was living in London I lost count of the amount of times I heard the hoary old chestnut about the wealthy American businessman who bought London Bridge thinking that he had bought Tower Bridge. This is an urban myth.
The bridge can now be found in Lake Havasu, Arizona.
It makes me happy to think that there is a part of London in the Arizona desert. So to paraphrase the poet Rupert Brooke:
"...there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England."
When I was living in London I lost count of the amount of times I heard the hoary old chestnut about the wealthy American businessman who bought London Bridge thinking that he had bought Tower Bridge. This is an urban myth.
The bridge can now be found in Lake Havasu, Arizona.
It makes me happy to think that there is a part of London in the Arizona desert. So to paraphrase the poet Rupert Brooke:
"...there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England."
Labels: arizona, lake havasu, london bridge, rupert brooke
Monday, June 06, 2005
Art in Melbourne
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Monk - Bangkok
Do not spit - Bangkok
Sawasdee Ronald McDonald
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Labels: bangkok, ronald mcdonald, sawasdee, thailand
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Architecture you won't see in the west.
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Labels: religious art, swastika, vietnam
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