or: Bread Slicing 101 I have spent a large portion of this year in French or formerly French colonies. There are quite a few upsides (probably 974 of them) to this including a marginal improvement in my French comprehension. My […]
or: How An Australian Started The Day After A Couple of Years Away My first full day back in Australia after being away for a couple of years began as follows: – woke up for an extended period in the […]
or: Living in the Moment Helps to Avoid Packing I’ve just completed my final two dives in Mauritius with Dive Spirit Mauritius and will sit the exam for the Rescue Diver license tomorrow. Now it is time to study, sleep […]
or: Can You Call Yourself A Local When…? I’ve stayed in a mix of accommodation types this year. Quite a few places have been on streets with dogs and / or chickens. I don’t mind the dogs so much but […]
or: Making Hay While The Sun Shines Since arriving in Mauritius, I have had some difficulties in fitting work and writing into my daily routine. I landed, full of good intentions. My execution on these so far has been sub-par. […]
or: So many keyboards, so little time It has recently come to my attention that keyboards are different around the world. It’s not something I’d considered previously and it makes perfect sense. That’s correct, not everywhere uses the QWERTY keyboard […]
London or: Three x First Eurostar Trip Learnings I learnt a few things about traveling on the Eurostar as a result of my first trip: Timing is everything. Seat selection requires research. English Border Control happens in Paris straight after […]
L’acteur Grec or: The Call of Nature Paris has a well-deserved reputation for having some very stylish gardens. They cater to all tastes, as long as you like them fairly structured. They’ve been planted over the centuries and a walk […]
or: A New Language Flaneur is a fantastic French word. One word which perfectly describes what I have been doing in Paris this past week. If I was to create my own language, I would take a good dose of […]
or: Selling ice to eskimos or watches to the Swiss One of the 974 things I like about life is the randomness of conversations that I seem to find myself in that somehow link to other things or people in […]