Penguins at night
The last two days we were just exploring Melbourne bit by bit. A bit of shopping, coffee, strolling, lunch, a stop in the Melbourne museum that’s showing a vast exhibition about James Bond (my friends Sue would have loved it), another stroll, another coffee… The last night of Sven&Kevin’s stay in Australia, we went down […] Read More
South Pacific beach tour
It wasn’t particularly sunny on the last day in Valparaíso, but I wanted to see the South Pacific Ocean, and so Seb took me to Viña del Mar for a walk on the beach and a quick toe dip into the cold water. We held siesta on the beach, then took another bus that drove […] Read More
Beautiful Pocitos
Finally, the rain stopped. I spent a beautiful day walking around Pocitos, on the beach and in town, and got seriously burned. I cancelled my plans to go on a day trip to Punta del Este, the beach resort that every Uruguayan goes to in the summer. It would have meant a 2 hour bus […] Read More
Colorful Uru-grey
The forecast was right – it’s rainy in Uruguay. Right now it’s even pouring down. The city presents itself in a grey cover, and especially the beach view is depressing, low grey clouds over a brown muddy Río de la Plata. Montevideo however, tries to be colorful. I walked through the Pocitos neighborhood, down to […] Read More
Arriving in Montevideo
The trip crossing the Rio de la Plata was fast. That ‘Francisco’ speed boat (with the Pope hanging in the main hall…) just took over two hours to cross the nearly 200 km to Montevideo. Impressive. Miraculous even. We had to wear these ridiculous things over our shoes. The boat is new, the carpet thick, […] Read More
Bondi Beach
My friends Sven, Kevin and Rajiv are heading to Australia for the holidays, and I’ll meet up with them in time for New Year’s Eve in Sydney. I can’t wait…. Sven already organized a place! From there we will head to Melbourne on January 1st for another 10 days. Read More
Last day at the beach
I had not given up hope yet to see Rio from above, the famous Cristo Retendor on top of Corcovado mountain, so I hopped on a bus, even though the statue was still hidden in the clouds. Once at the Cosmo Velho train station, I realized that the next available train was in 2h40. Ok, […] Read More
Copacabana beach pride
A hot day announced itself, and I was struggling to get my jeans on, due to my sunburn… So I strolled over to Copacabana beach, which is in fact pretty close, too, now that I have figured out the surroundings. The beach is long, perfect sand, with big waves rolling on. Don’t let the sunny […] Read More
Crevette
Today seemed like a good day to just go to the beach and read. Sun protection factor 70: applied. Book and coconut: ready. It was not blistering hot, a nice breeze and the sun hid a bit behind high clouds… But boy did I get a sunburn. I guess it’s inevitable, whatever protection I apply, the […] Read More
Random pictures from Ipanema
I met with a friend of a colleague for lunch and got some tips for Rio, ran a few errands, then read at the beach. An unspectacular day in Ipanema. During the day, I took a bunch of pictures from the neighborhood… Read More