Dear readers, it is another post by not-Loz, also known as Vera. My dad recently emailed me a link for an article published by a respected German magazine. The title was “Dangerous student trips to Australia” which instantly made my heart-rate go up: Oh god, I had been to Australia! Had I unknowingly put my […]
Archives for August 2012
Frittering my life away: a classic French BBQ
A short while back I was thrust into the local community spotlight via a microphone and a badly rendered version of Sonny & Cher’s “I got you babe”. My partner in crime even had her photo in the local paper as a result. This was a part of our ongoing effort to integrate into our […]
Visiting Purnululu National Park in Australia (the Bungle Bungles)
The northern half of Australia was one of the highlights of my year long road trip around Oz. And a place that holds a particularly special place in my heart is the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park, part of the Bungle Bungle Range in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. It even made it […]
14 Things you might not know about me
I thought I’d do something a little bit different today. Instead of regaling you with tales of my adventures, or sharing my photography (well, I’m going to do that anyway, all text posts are so 2010 on this blog), or sharing my tips on photography, travel, or technology (I write about a random pile of […]
In photos: from the Facebook Page (Edition ii)
Something like 1 in 7 people have a facebook account. Which sounds like a lot, but given that we’re tipping over the seven billion people on the planet mark, that means that there are still six billion of you who are missing out on the zucker-world, which also means you are missing out on all […]
The dark secret of Fitou Castle, southern France
Update: As of 2015, this castle is no longer open to the public due to a change of ownership. So the dark secret remains within. Still, if you want to know what it used to look like – read on! In the warm, balmy, sun filled air of southern France there perches upon a hill a […]
The terrible importance of Finding Your Voice
Ah. Yes. Hello. You know, let’s talk. Just you and me. Let’s pretend I’m sitting next to you. Maybe we’re down by the beach. Or in a pub. Perhaps we’re in two comfortable chairs, and we’re grasping happy glasses of cognac. Happy, presumably, that they have been released at last from their bottle, and are […]