Thirty-six hours in Lisbon…
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much and can accomplish much, and what is…
Sixteen-hour food feast in Lisbon…
“Fussing over food was important. It gave a shape to the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner; beginning, middle, end.” – Robert Hellenga, Philosophy Made Simple. Breakfast “There…
The road trip…avoiding diversions onto the highway to hell.
“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread…
Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 2/2
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The…
Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 1/2
“If you chase anything in life, chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse…
Camino Portuguese – looking back at Golega…
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived” – Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven. Stage 4 Santarem…
Camino Portuguese – wayfinding nightmare and blistering heat…
The Pilgrim’s Guide…John Brierley Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother…
Finding film noir and the hard-boiled detective in Helensville’s, The Grand Hotel…
The sun was melting the early morning frost on the grass verge as I walked towards The Grand Hotel, the setting for the Focus Photography group…
Bethells Beach…winter magic
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America…
Newcastle, NSW…stirred not shaken
I recently read the original Bond tagline was “stirred not shaken”; a statement, which launches lengthy discussion on how the reversing of these two words dilutes…
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