Movie Day

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Monday started out hot and cloudy, but temperatures dropped significantly during the day. I went for a swim in the pool, the water being eerily hot in comparison to the cold wind…. and then on to see a movie. I was set to see the latest Meryl Street Movie, August Osage County, that earned her […] Read More

Midsumma finale

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Midsumma is over. I have to say it was an impressive program me for a whole month, and I’m glad I was here for all of it. I saw so many shows and met some great people. Funny how pride follows me on this trip…. The last day was the pride march down Fitzroy street […] Read More

Brighton Bathing boxes

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Yesterday, I met up with Rajiv in Brighton, a suburb south of Melbourne on the bay, and we went to the beach. Brighton beach is famous for its colorful bathing boxes. So famous they even have their own web site! They remain from victorian, more prudish times, when they were built on many beaches. Today, […] Read More

Melbs (Part II)

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And I found my place for the little two-day return to Melbourne at the end of February, in between Sydney and Auckland. It’s a bit a result of mis-planning, I was so slow to decide – or better: I was too lazy to take any decision at all – that Kate already had another host […] Read More

Night food frenzy

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Last night, Rajiv and I went to the Victoria Night Market. We had no idea what expected us. Only the part under the metal roof construction was open, but that was more than enough. One part housed a number of little craft stands… printed t-shirts, wood toys, old books, dresses, jewelry… one really cool place […] Read More

Yarra Valley

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Kate, my fantastic host, took me on a day trip to the Yarra valley today. She rented a car from a car sharing club that she is a member of, and we drove off. Thanks god I did not have to drive 😉 I was just handling the map, and we pretty much made it […] Read More

‘Straya Day

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Happy ‘Straya Day! Australia Day is celebrated on 26 January, commemorating the day in 1788 when, after arriving a few days earlier in Botany Bay with a number of convicts, Arthur Philip proclaimed British sovereignty over the coast of south-eastern Australia, formerly known as New Holland.   226 years later and a few hundred kilometers […] Read More

Victoria Market

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I finally made it down to Queen Victoria Market. It’s the central market of Melbourne, just outside the CBD. First, I wasn’t impressed that much. I wandered through halls with lots of clothing, and the usual stuff aimed at tourists, Australia T-shirts, bags, scarfs, etc… and I found two rows of vegetables and fruit… but […] Read More

I’m through with you

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It happened. I walked through the first pair of shoes. I realize how much strain is being out on clothes if you wear the same stuff constantly. My t-shirts suffer, the jeans have holes (the very first pair was through in San Francisco already)… And now it’s time to say good-bye to these shoes.   Read More

Melbourne NOW

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The first day of rain in, like, evah! So I headed down to the National Gallery of Victoria south of the Yarra river. We had already seen a photography exhibition there, this time I was in for there permanent collection, which is free (!) to see some of their modern art, from Warhol to Rothko, […] Read More