On top of it all
There’s one tourist attraction that every visitor in Hong Kong seems to have to do: take the cable car up the steep hill and enjoy the view over Hong Kong and the harbor from Victoria Peak, or simply: the Peak. I went there on a Sunday, which might have been a bad idea, but as […] Read More
West Seattle
I wanted to take a bike ride over to West Seattle and Alki beach for the whole month, but it was one of these places that got postponed and postponed… until the moment you realize it’s today or never. The weather though was rainy and grey, so it would not be a big bike ride. […] Read More
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
War memorial
We walked over to downtown and passed a park with the huge WWI war memorial. While Europe is preparing for the centennial commemorations of one of its biggest tragedies this year, we realized that this war really was a word-wide conflict. Some 16600 kilometers away from the battle fields, most Australian towns will have a […] Read More
Harbor trip
At sunset, we took one of the harbor ferries to bring us back to our Bondi home. And enjoy some spectacular views of the bridge and the Opera house at sunset. It is a quick ride of maybe 20 minutes, the ferry bringing you to strategic points along the bay. From there, dinner at Café […] Read More
Santiago by day
And here’s the view from the roof in daylight, just to be complete. You can see the Andes mountain range that borders the city to the north and east, even if the view isn’t that clear. I wonder if this is smog. 7 million people probably do produce quite some emissions. Read More