Cool Summer

Let it go
It’s a cool, cool Melbourne summer. Unlike last year when the temperatures hit 44 degrees for a couple of days in a row, this summer is markedly cooler. The first few days here were hot and I was at the pool every day. But we also had a day of rain, and temperatures that warrant […] Read More

Summer cold

Let it go
I haven’t been sick much on this trip, besides an initial cold in Rio (triggered by the jet lag, a cold wind and general exhaustion after the move), a cold in Buenos Aires (total exhaustion from going out) and a light one in Auckland. All in all, good score. Now I came down with a […] Read More

Golden

Let it go
I am still spending most of my days at the beach. With my summer cold, there’s not much to do, I need to rest, but I won’t do it in my room. I might as well sleep at the beach. Each evening, when I go home, something truly magical happens in this city. There’s a […] Read More

Patio drinks

Let it go
The weekend was alcohol infused, to say the least. Saturday night saw me drinking a couple of beers at the Laird’s back patio again. Sunday I met up with Rajiv and Will, the friend of Sven who was so generous to host us in our first 9 days in Melbourne. We went to The Railway […] Read More

Heatwave

Let it go
It’s been announced for several days, and now the heatwave that has torched Perth and Adelaide has arrived in Victoria. Yesterday the temperature in Melbourne hit 34 degrees, but it’s a dry heat and you could actually bear it. I spent time at the pool again, doing only a couple of laps, because it was […] Read More

In heat

Let it go
Sorry to all of you wrapped in scarfs and gloves… I’m suffering from the heat! It’s too hot for my taste, to run around in a city. The Andes are hidden behind a curtain of smog, and I just don’t feel much like walking around. I went to a park on Friday and, like many […] Read More

Trip to Tigre

Let it go
Saturday I took a trip to Tigre, a little town in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It is located at the river delta where both the Río Uruguay and the Río Paraná flow together to form the Río de la Plata; the massive bay in the ocean that is, in fact, the river, and no […] Read More

Turn up the heat

Let it go
It’s hot. Somewhere around 30 C and I can’t do much than just hang out. I had Andrés, my machine gun Spanish teacher, over for a session at the pool, with cold beer and lots of sunshine on Saturday. Today I went to Tigre, and then just had to go to the pool again, with […] Read More