Tokyo in the rain
The rain was really torrential. All day long. To a point where you really do not want to set foot outside. Even in a new city. I got TV, high speed internet, who cares, there’s lots to watch. But, curiosity won. At least I wanted to go see the Tokyo Metropolitain Museum of Photography, it […] Read More
Māori
I’m fascinated with Māori culture. The first thing that astonished me is how visible it is here. In culture, language, names and people, you see Māori all around. Māori words have penetrated the Kiwi English, besides the occasional Kia Ora. Unlike Australia, where I actually only ever saw a handful of Aborigines. I was astonished to see Australia […] Read More
Miscellaneous
Ticked a few things off my list today. I went to the Japanese Tourist office to get my voucher for the train ticket trough Japan from a super lovely agent. She was sooo polite…! I’ll be in for a treat in Japan. I also got a number of brochures and maps… I seriously have to […] Read More
New friends (and food)
I recently met up with Clint and his friend Nina in Grand Central in Ponsonby for an after-work beer. Ginger fusion, actually, something they had on the table and I joined in, not tasting the alcohol in it until it was too late…. Clint is a Pacific Islander through and through, coming from the biggest […] Read More
Volatile
The weather is so volatile right now, it’s hard to plan anything. You wake up, it’s grey as can be… turn around, wake up again, blue skies… jump in the shower, ready to go out, it’s raining. Do some surfing, blue skies, out for coffee… walking home, back in the rain… I want to do […] Read More
Muriel (…and then some art)
The sun is back – for a day. Still, I followed my usual routine of blogging, sorting pics and booking stuff in the morning in my corner Café, cute Forbes&Burton on the corner of, you guessed it, Forbes and Burton Streets. After that, a stroll through the parks towards the Art Gallery of New South […] Read More
MONA is the new MOMA
Everybody, without exception, whom I told that I would go to Hobart, said: you have to go to MONA. Even those who never have been to Tasmania. The museum’s reputation is noteworthy for a place that only opened in 2011. MONA is the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. I had never even […] Read More
Melbourne NOW
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
With friends
I’m discovering Melbourne step by step these days with Sven, Kevin and Rajiv. It’s great to have them here. My friend Kevin, always keen to sniff out the newest exhibitions, found this great show about early fashion photographer Edward Steichen in the National Gallery of Victoria. They also run an exhibition called MELBOURNE NOW, concentrating […] Read More
Arts & sights
We headed for the Art Gallery New South Wales, to see their permanent collection of modern Australian art, and a current exhibition on American painting. I don’t think I have ever seen Australian painters before. In a continent in discovery, arts and paintings were not necessarily the first thing on the settlers’ minds. A great […] Read More