Month: October 2017

09/10/2017 / / Blogging

As you’ve undoubtedly read over the last few days, Spain is undergoing what’s being described as “the greatest political crisis in decades”, as there is a move to declare Catalonia … Read the rest “Modern Madrid”

08/10/2017 / / Blogging

For at least ten minutes today I watched a young woman attempt to take a selfie. She tried portrait. She tried landscape. She did a complete 360 twirl to find … Read the rest “The Colours of Madrid”

07/10/2017 / / Blogging

I don’t think I’ve ever made it through passport control that quickly. It helped I was in one of the first few rows of economy class. It helped that ours … Read the rest “Hola! Madrid”

06/10/2017 / / Blogging
05/10/2017 / / Blogging

There’s a terrific episode of “The Simpsons” where the family travels with Apu to India, and where Homer keeps repeating the line “are we in India yet?”.

Chuckling to myself, … Read the rest “Are We In India Yet?”

02/10/2017 / / Blogging

In the midst of the light rail construction currently underway in my neighbourhood, Surry Hills, there’s a terrific public art project, Double Take, which includes some wonderful night-time projections. Here … Read the rest “Double Take”