Coral Egan
We wanted to walk to the Botanical Garden in Montréal, close to Renato & Dennis’ place. Alas, it started to drizzle when we walked over, not much, but enough to exclude any outdoor activity. So we hesitated between the other, nearby attractions like the planetarium and the BioDome. However, all the parents with kids headed for […] Read More
Canada Day
Happy Canada Day! On 1st of July, Canada celebrates itself with parades, fireworks and a lot of other events. The day is the anniversary of the enactment of the British North America Act in 1867, which united three Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick -into a single country called Canada within the British Empire. Truth is, that it was […] Read More
Beat Market
The Jazz festival really brings far more musical styles into Montreal than just Jazz. Monday night, after a sleepy day in the park and a stop in a bar to watch the German team playing Algeria in the World cup, I went downtown to meet Joel and Greg to watch a couple of the free […] Read More
Les tam-tam du Mont-Royal
I spent Sunday afternoon in the park on Mont Royal, at the Tam Tam festival… Hundreds of people gather there every Sunday during the summer months, to listen and dance to tam tam players, hang out on the greens, drink, smoke, or dance to the electronic DJ close to the gazebo. It is a pretty […] Read More
Festival du Jazz
By coincidence, I came just in time for the opening of the 35th Festival International du Jazz de Montréal. From June 26th to July 6th, the city is buzzing. Two million visitors are expected, among them half a million tourists… Hundreds of concerts will happen over the course of two weeks, and I can hardly […] Read More
Operation Desert camp
Saturday evening I had a conference call over Skype with the guys from my camp at Burning Man. Over two hours they explained everything to me and a few other ‘virgins’ as they call the newbies… The guys are veterans, they have participated in Burning Man several times and know what do do, what to […] Read More
TLVFest
It’s time for the movies. During Pride, Tel Aviv also celebrate its LGBT film festival, TLVFest. It’s perfect after a long day under an umbrella at the beach, to go see a movie in a cool, dark place! I went there to see Rosie, a Swiss movie, but alas, somehow they had first to delay […] Read More
Pasifika
This weekend Auckland was all about the Pacific Islands. Pasifika, a two-day festival was held in the Western Springs Park. Creating a parcours throughout the green and around the lake, the Pacific Islands presented themselves with numerous stands, stages, entertainment, food, information, arts and crafts… Held since 1993 it has become the biggest festival of its […] Read More
Burning the man
I got up at 7 in the morning today to try and secure tickets for Burning man. It’s this massive festival that takes place every year in the Nevada desert at the end of August. Thousands of people come together for a week in the desert, build Black Rock City, create art, share, live, love… […] Read More
Patio drinks
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