tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136258092024-03-09T10:57:12.996+11:00Reckless(insert catchphrase here)Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-17582407088223573122013-04-25T17:28:00.002+10:002013-04-25T17:28:14.639+10:00Mausoleum So, I don't know what to do with this thing.<br />
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If I have anything interesting to share, I'll put it on Facebook for people I know.<br />
Anything short and fast that I feel like screaming into the void, I have Twitter.<br />
Who has the time for long form communication any more? I've already spent five minutes on this post, and I can't think of a single thing profound enough to put to paper.<br />
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Here's a long exposure we took near Heathcote, VIC. That's probably it for 2013.<br />
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<br />Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-28675253174289349752011-05-02T08:26:00.000+10:002011-05-02T08:26:24.285+10:00honeymoonSo we're all <strike>grown up</strike> married now and just got back from our honeymoon.<br />
Ok, New York was our honeymoon, so this was just a week away after our wedding.<br />
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We spent 7 nights in <a href="http://wedding.reckless.net.nz/honeymoon">Moorea</a>, which was fantastic. 5 nights on dry land, with our own private pool:<br />
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and two nights out over the water:<br />
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<br />Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-78157574920964265432011-04-07T11:54:00.001+10:002011-05-02T08:11:29.792+10:00weddingIf I don't update this thing, I won't be able to look back in twenty years and go "uurgh, what a dick. What was I thinking when I wrote this?".<br />
How could I deny myself that pleasure?<br />
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Anyway, it's less than ten days till Deb and I get married, so I thought I should probably write something down.<br />
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We've got all the big stuff out of the way (food, drink, flowers, suit, dress etc), so the only thing left to do is tie it all together. I'm sure there are loads of little details we've missed, but it's already been a much more expensive undertaking than we expected, so I'm sure we can live without... whatever it is we've forgotten.<br />
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The biggest thing for me to do was sort out the playlist. This is the part that we didn't think through before sending out the invites:<br />
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Because we're having the wedding in Dunedin, there are a number of aunties and uncles who haven't yet made the switch over to FM. I'm pleased that they've suggested songs that they'd dance to, but I'm not looking forward to the type of dancing that some of these daggy old songs will break out.<br />
Oh well, lessons learned for next time I suppose.<br />
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I'm actually looking forward to the whole thing. Deb's dress has been hanging up in the hallway for a few weeks (inside an opaque bag), and it's really hard to not peek inside. I'm sure she'll look fantastic, but I don't want to get all weepy, so maybe if I peek now I'll be ok on the day... Fine. I won't peek.Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-70773004588512632772010-08-31T22:20:00.001+10:002010-09-01T07:42:38.231+10:00new yorkSo, we went to New York for a fortnight.<br />
Deb kept things up to date over here: <a href="http://deb-reid-holidays.blogspot.com/">http://deb-reid-holidays.blogspot.com/</a>, including a Twitter feed in the side bar.<br />
I'm far too lazy to actually write anything, so just assume that I had a great time and look at some photos:<br />
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We had a big barbeque, plenty of wine (supplied by the host) and a nice bonfire (which is currently this site's background image).<br />
The stars were incredible and enough to make us consider adding camping to our holiday rotation. I spent half of the night staring straight into the sky (and saw a couple of shooting stars for my trouble). I don't remember the last time I saw a night sky as clear and unpolluted as that. I'm annoyed I didn't try and take a photo, but I was enjoying it too much to bother.<br />
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In other news, it froze that night.<br />
It made me realise how long it had been since I heard my feet crunch on frosty grass.<br />
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Here's some pics:<br />
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It means any album changes you make are automatically uploaded/altered online.<br />
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You can add new photos, add captions, tweak the colour.<br />
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So, what do you think happens if Picasa's database decides to get itself corrupted? The albums still displayed, but the contents had disappeared.<br />
As the albums were set to automatically sync, what do you think happened?<br />
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Yup. 90% of the photos I've uploaded over the years have disappeared.<br />
That wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't added the damn things, one by one into blog posts:<br />
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I wonder who will win...</div>Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-1645600865436226782010-03-18T21:53:00.001+11:002010-05-23T16:19:39.003+10:00ron mueck exhibition at the ngv<table style="width: auto;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I wonder if I'm starting to pick up more subtlety in the flavours of things I eat. Not because meat was covering up things, but because at the moment, I'm much more aware of what I'm eating. Whatever the reason, it's a positive experience (it's also helped me cut down on the salt a bit too).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Deb's starting to talk about how we can incorporate vegan... err.. vegan-ness into our lifestyle. I must not be a total convert, as the thought totally freaked me out. I'm happy to cut right back -perhaps vegan on weekdays- but I'm not quite ready to commit to something that big just yet. Fish sauce? I miss fish sauce! How the hell can anyone miss that rotten smelling shit? Blue cheese? Actually, dairy is probably the hardest thing to give up. Imagine a world without icecream, milk chocolate, full cream coffee or cheese! Yeah, doesn't sound so flash does it?</span></span><br />
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We decided to do our big fruit and vege shop at the Vic Market for a change. The prices are cheaper than the Camberwell market, but you really do need to shop around. I don't know if I could be arsed doing that every week!<br />
We had our lunch there as well, which was pretty tricky to shop for. We got a couple of juices and Deb found some lentil balls and a mixed bean salad (and pretended that she couldn't see the broad beans in there). I had a vege pizza that was the only one that didn't list cheese in the ingredients, and I couldn't see any on the cold pieces they had stacked up. I felt cheated when I bit in to find cheese in there. I wasn't going to stop eating it because the damage was done, but it made me realise how you have to pay so much attention if you're going to take this seriously. Also, it tasted really greasy and fatty. I hope <i>all</i> cheese doesn't taste like that when I'm allowed to eat it again.<br />
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For dinner I tried my hand at making the Japchae from the other day. I think it turned out pretty damn good. Maybe a little less oil next time though.<br />
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This is the 5th day at work. Not another salad or sandwich, but time for a stir fry from the local Thai place. I had green curry veges with flat rice noodles. I barely noticed the chicken was missing, and was pretty stuffed by the end of it. Workmates are starting to get used to the idea, and the weight loss I've experienced (3kg or so in the last week) has made a couple consider doing it themselves, at least for a few weeks.<br />
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I met up with Deb after work, so after catching the train home we called into a new Asian place in Camberwell to try it out. The name "Steam Soup" made me think it would serve the flavoursome Asian style soups, like Tom Yum, or Vietnamese Phở. When I got mine home and opened it up, I realised how appropriate the name really was. It had about as much flavour as steam.<br />
This was a bowl of barely cooked mushrooms and veges in a broth that could have passed as water if you put it in a glass. Worst.soup.ever. I tried to pep it up with soy sauce, but even that didn't help much.<br />
Maybe I should have read <a href="http://www.steamsoup.com/">their website</a> first and realised that if they put the same effort into the translation as they did the soup...<br />
<br /></div>Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-77426421772314405792010-03-04T21:30:00.015+11:002010-03-18T20:19:14.377+11:00month of vegan - day 4I think we've fallen into our old breakfast routine: toast and tea, followed by a mad scramble to ride to the gym with enough time to have a proper workout. Apart from Saturday mornings, we didn't really eat meat or eggs, so there wasn't going to be much change. I'd thought we'd be having scrambled tofu or fruit platters by now, but there just isn't enough time (unless one of us gets up at 5.30am, and that is <i>never</i> going to happen).<br />
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I couldn't do four days of soy coffee in a row, so popped down to the local Boost for my morning pick-me-up. My internals are definitely rearranging themselves around the new diet. Food (especially juice apparently) doesn't spend a long time inside my body any more. I guess it doesn't take as long to break it all down, strip out the nutrients and get rid of what's left. I actually feel much better during the day; I don't get lethargic after a big meal and I don't have to suck in my stomach as much.<br />
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For lunch, I went to a <a href="http://www.seoulrestaurant.net.au/">Korean restaurant</a> in the city and had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japchae">Japchae</a>. It's pretty much just veges and noodles, with a soy and sesame sauce. <i>Really </i>tasty, I'll have to try making this at home.<br />
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Deb went out for dinner with "the girls" tonight. They went to our <a href="http://www.trinitasthai.com.au/">local Thai place</a>, who don't seem to make anything that doesn't have fish sauce or shrimp paste in it. She had the usual green curry, but with vegetables instead of chicken. As long as she feels guilty about the fish sauce, I think it's ok :)<br />
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/hUuQnl4BfPniqiCfqpuihw?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_XgKT4PzHykE/S5rzpIjlFRI/AAAAAAAAIug/FzBcsmoywh8/s144/P1020651.JPG" /></a>While she was out, I made a Korean style <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap">bibimbap</a>, which is essentially a bunch of sautéed veges on top of a bed of rice. What makes it awesome is the chili paste I was introduced to recently. It's called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gochujang">gochujang</a>, and is chilli, glutinous rice and fermented soy beans that have been left lying around for a year or so. It's not like normal chilli sauce that keeps getting hotter the more you eat. It heats up to a certain point, but kind of plateaus after that, so you don't end up with a burnt tongue at the end of the meal. Highly recommended.<br />
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I also had a bottle of wine, which may, or may not have used egg whites for fining. It's really difficult to know which producers use animal products, because it's not regulated (they aren't obliged to tell you one way or the other). We've decided to do our best, but not be obsessive about it. I'm not about to cut our options down <i>that </i>much.Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-31065413861815236942010-03-03T18:59:00.002+11:002010-03-13T19:06:56.496+11:00month of vegan - day 3Ok, so the soy coffees are pissing me off. We can make crisps taste like any flavour under the sun, but can't make soy milk taste like milk? I thought soy could be bent to the will of food scientists to taste like anything! Why does this stuff taste like hazelnuts??<br />
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Just peanut butter on toast for brekkie with a pot of black tea. I think I actually prefer tea without milk. It makes me feel like an English cowboy for some reason.<br />
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We seem to have run out of fruit and veges <i>much</i> faster than I expected. We're out of the basic salad materials already, so it's just a sandwich for lunch. Tomato, avocado and hommous is actually a pretty tasty sammie.<br />
People at work are moving from curiosity to pity to laughter. I've dropped a kilo already, so who's laughing now?! <br />
Man, I'm hungry.<br />
Fruit is tasty and all, but it doesn't give you that full feeling. I'm starting to wonder if that's what we're <i>supposed</i> to feel like, without a big ball of flesh slowly dissolving in your stomach. Deb has felt hungry for almost three days now. She seems to have plenty of energy, but is complaining constantly. I'm learning to block it out.<br />
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/WZfT2Zj0Bu0oWW8vuy8xzg?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="200" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_XgKT4PzHykE/S5rwEiBvfrI/AAAAAAAAIuA/FbeSXH6x2ec/s200/P1020638.JPG" width="150" /></a>Chickpea curry for dinner, with flat bread wraps. The chickpeas were soaked overnight, assuming that would be enough to soften them up. We learned after we started eating, that they probably should have been soaking for a week (or should have come out of a can). I don't think they're supposed to crunch like that.<br />
This is all a learning experience, so we know next time to start with boiling water when we soak them.<br />
<br />Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-14150692829947361142010-03-02T12:25:00.001+11:002010-03-18T20:19:34.022+11:00month of vegan - day 2Bagels again for breakfast. Breakfast is easy; as long as you replace the marge with something made from vege oil, everything else can stay the same (toast with jam/peanut butter, fruit etc).<br />
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Salad again for lunch, which still isn't a big departure from the norm. Might have to buy some dressing though, as the one I threw together with mustard, balsamic and red wine vinegar was a bit weird. I think the red wine vinegar was near the end of it's useful life (it's supposed to <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">look </span>red</i> right? Not the anaemic looking crap that's in the bottle).<br />
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My second soy coffee was slightly easier to drink than the first.Still not my favourite by a long shot.<br />
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For dinner, we had a big vege stir fry, and threw in some tofu instead of chicken. I might have to look into how to cook that stuff (or at least find out the right type) as it pretty much disintegrated as soon as it went in the wok. It said firm on the packet, but maybe you're supposed to shallow fry it first or something.<br />
Live and learn.<br />
Like every other tasty asian mean, the stir fry sauce we had in the cupboard had fish sauce in it. Ended up replacing that with some thai chilli sauce and half a cup of peanut butter. Not bad, but next time we might want to mix the two together first; I ended up with a piece of broccoli that tasted like the world's largest peanut.<br />
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Also, I'm starting to notice an internal change. One related to the ol' digestive system.<br />
It's not worth noting yet, it's only been two days, but it's something I hadn't considered.Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-56448120621731141012010-03-01T21:05:00.014+11:002010-03-13T12:41:27.337+11:00month of vegan - day 1We started the day with a couple of bagels and a pot of tea (no milk though; soy milk and tea go together like ice cream and fish).<br />
Not bad, but nothing out of the ordinary so far, except the dairy free spread we're using. It's called <a href="http://www.nuttelex.com.au/nuttelex-original/">Nuttelex</a> and tastes like margarine did back in the 80s before they got the recipe right. The texture is fine, but it smells a little rancid.<br />
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I had my first soy flat white for the week, which was an experience. It's like a normal coffee, except it tastes like shit. Ok, it's not <i>that</i> bad, but I'm not a fan of the weird hazelnut taste or the fact that my mouth dries out when I'm half way through the thing.<br />
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Lunch was our usual tuna salad, except without the tuna. I think we replaced the tuna with more than it's weight in other ingredients (corn kernels, crunchy noodles etc), so I felt full at the end. Not a common occurrence for the humble salad!<br />
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For dinner, we thought we'd go with the stereotypical vegan staple: lentils. They're actually really easy to cook, and make a great base for anything you want to throw at them.<br />
We did a <a href="http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=4794.0">spicy lentil soup</a>, which I think turned out really well (note to self: fewer onions next time. Far fewer onions).<br />
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verdict: The first day was a breeze. Will try and take photos of the meals if I remember.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(this was far tastier than it looks)</span><br />
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/nbCAN6Fqm_33pBRLzmiqYA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_XgKT4PzHykE/S5rs9dgyVJI/AAAAAAAAItg/XN3I73I4Tuk/s400/IMG_7415.JPG" /></a>Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-533203327879654332010-02-28T21:00:00.002+11:002010-03-08T15:21:37.117+11:00month of vegan - prologueSome time in January, I got into a discussion about veganism. I was extolling the virtues of meat, while the other party was of the opinion that we didn't need the stuff.<br />
At some point in the (drunken) discussion, I said that I would go vegan for a month to see what the big deal was all about. <a href="http://photos.reckless.net.nz/BRW2010"> Deb had her triathlon</a> during February, and didn't want to have any drastic change to her diet before then, so we agreed on March.<br />
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Sunday the 28th of Feb was Deb's triathlon and also the last day of meat, seafood, eggs or dairy for 31 days. Shame we didn't do it in February, because March has 31 bloody days! To prepare, we loaded up on fruit and veges at the market, and spent an hour at the supermarket reading the backs of packets. I had NO idea that milk solids were in damn near everything we eat. Check out the ingredients for most chips.<br />
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Go on, I'll wait...<br />
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No doritos, marshmallows, regular coffees or anything with fish sauce in it (which rules out a fair chunk of asian dishes). No jellybeans, salami, cool mints, kebabs or chcolate milk (or any milk chocolate for that matter).<br />
Actually, listing that stuff out makes me realise how much shit I eat.<br />
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Ok, we're off.<br />
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This is the last meat we're allowed until April:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(not the guy on the left, I meant the barbeque)</span>Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-52452248572287160582010-01-24T19:19:00.003+11:002011-01-16T18:58:54.389+11:00picasa and google earth are still awesome<br />
I hate the idea that my parent's photos are trapped in a cupboard and run the risk of never being seen again. There's also the problem that those photos are unique, and have no backups. That actually bothers me more to be honest.<br />
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This is why whenever I go home for a visit, I try and scan at least one album. On my last trip, I decided to copy all of the photos from their computer (including these scans) and get them into some kind of order.<br />
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Picasa again made this really easy, because now you can edit an image's exif data direct in the application, without having to install a third party app.<br />
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Of course, now that I've got my parent's photos as part of my photo library, I've been overwhelmed with the compulsion to tag everything. I've already done all of the faces, so I'm now in the middle of geotagging. Let me tell you, trying to find out where a photo was taken in 1975 is a lot of fun.<br />
This is my best effort I think.<br />
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Mum and Dad's photo:<br />
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tHebtibvXH3_Qv7O6tOAGg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_XgKT4PzHykE/S1v3OUW9MnI/AAAAAAAAIY4/T4o4PTT-NsU/s400/Chester.jpg" /></a>
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I knew it was in England somewhere because of the bus, and the side of the road the traffic was on.<br />
There is a Grovenor Hotel on the left, and Walton's Jewellers on the right.<br />
The only place I could find that could fit the description was here:<br />
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KTtBRM7SqDXbSQwJgpJAUA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_XgKT4PzHykE/S1v5QJDezTI/AAAAAAAAIZI/8MTR19m3Xjc/s800/Chester.jpg" /></a><br />
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I opened the Panoramio layer on Google Earth to check out photos that people had taken in the area.<br />
I think this one comes pretty close, considering they were taken over 30 years apart.<br />
<b>edit</b>: the original photo was deleted from Panoramio, so this is a similar one.<br />
<a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3687020"><img src="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3687020.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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And just a quick comparison:<br />
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<img src="http://i.imgur.com/Y6l7O.gif" /><br />
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So, in summay: No. There is nothing that you can't do as long as you have the internet.Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-46220460551285480462009-12-28T16:33:00.001+11:002010-05-23T16:17:59.884+10:00xmas in lakes entranceDeb and I decided to spend Christmas at Lakes Entrance for a bit off a change of scenery. <br />
The weather was a little rough to start with, but we both managed to get a bit of sunburn, so it must have cleared up a bit! We had a proper Christmas dinner with homemade pavlova, roast chicken and a crazy amount of wine.<br />
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Anyway, here's a couple of pics.<br />
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Our temporary Christmas tree:<br />
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Our homemade pav about to go in the oven:<br />
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... and the pav after we realised too late that the recipie was quoting temperature in farenheit:<br />
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Breakfast champagne:<br />
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Christmas Lunch:<br />
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Pav No.2:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreton_Bay_bug">Moreton Bay Bug</a> @ the Ferryman's Seafood Cafe<br />
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<tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/reidcparker/Xmas2009?feat=embedwebsite">Xmas 2009</a></td></tr>
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At Park Güell<br />
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Can you spot the kiwis?<br />
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Sagrada Familia<br />
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Barcelona's arc de Triomf<br />
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Mmmmm, pig legs.<br />
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And that's it! This was the last photo we took before getting back to Melbourne tired, happy and jetlagged.<br />
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Here's where we ended up staying. It was a nice wee place (and yet <span style="font-style: italic;">another </span>place that promised a washing machine but never delivered)<br />
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The main square in Arles<br />
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Theatre Antiques, Arles (and two tans that virtually washed off in our first shower in Melbourne)<br />
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Inside the Amphitheatre, Arles<br />
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Neat; 150 year old graffiti<br />
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Some back street in St Remy<br />
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The Papal Palace (Palais des Papes) in Avignon<br />
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and again<br />
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and again (with clouds)<br />
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yet again. Ok, I liked the sky.<br />
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The sunset on the way back from Avignon to Arles<br />
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Nice. Literally.<br />
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A secluded beach with bugger all parking (we had to walk a couple of km downhill to get here)<br />
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French beaches are neat<br />
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If you're after details, Deb's got it covered <a href="http://deb-reid-europe09.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br />
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From Berlin, we caught a quick train to Mannheim to connect to an even quicker train to Paris:<br />
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The apartment was still being cleaned when we arrived at <span style="font-weight: bold;">6pm</span>, so we went for a wander to fill in an hour.<br />
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The Louvre was still there. No golden arches over it as yet.<br />
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We went to a local bistro for dinner (steak tartare thank you very much) and after a few hours watching the world go by, we finished our wine and called it quits for the night.<br />
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The next morning we took off to Montmartre for the day.<br />
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Sacre Coeur<br />
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And a bit of exotic foreign culture for good measure<br />
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We had lunch at romantic Montmartre cemetery, beers somewhere else and ice creams at yet another place before wandering home and out again for more food.<br />
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The next day it was overcast and rainy, so we went to the laundromat, and had pastries for breakfast while we waited. After checking out some local scenery, eg:<br />
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Notre Dame<br />
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we hit the shops (read: Deb hit the shops)<br />
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It was raining again that night, but instead of staying inside, we went <a href="http://www.space-invaders.com/">Space Invader</a> hunting.<br />
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We had a crack at some night photos of the Eiffel Tower as well.<br />
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I think Deb managed to step in every puddle between our apartment and here, so it was time to head back in preparation for Day Four: Proper tourist day.<br />
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Pompidou Centre<br />
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Pont Notre Dame<br />
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And Notre Dame itself, sans rain.<br />
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We cruised up to the Pantheon, and had lunch in the Luxembourg gardens:<br />
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A lot of the more familiar paintings at Musee d'Orsay were <span style="font-style: italic;">surrounded</span> by people trying to get a photo. Most barely even looked at them first, so this photo is dedicated to them. In case you're wondering, it's Renoir's <a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/dance-at-le-moulin-de-la-galette-7138.html?tx_commentaire_pi1%5BpidLi%5D=509&tx_commentaire_pi1%5Bfrom%5D=841&cHash=648dca6d59">Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette</a>.<br />
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This was taken on the museum roof while we were drinking our €3.30 ($6 AU) Cokes:<br />
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The obligatory Eiffel Tower shot (with space invader for good measure)<br />
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Then a (long) walk to the Arc de Triomphe to try and see some cars crash into each other. It never happened, so instead here's a photo of us, with my holiday jowls starting to creep in. Why is bad food the tastiest?<br />
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The next morning we caught the train to Avignon. More to follow soon...Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-92039895267391748182009-06-24T18:10:00.010+10:002010-04-17T17:36:33.165+10:00berlinOk, so I didn't get around to updating this as often as I thought. Too much else to do I suppose!<br />
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Berlin really surprised me, there's a lot more going on there than I expected. Loads of museums, cool bars, funky shops. Well done Berlin!<br />
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Anyway, here's some stuff we saw there. They're in chronological order, so probably don't flow as well as they could, but that's how we do things here.<br />
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The German flag flying outside the Reichstag<br />
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Scary looking dude near the Siegessäule<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegess%C3%A4ule">Siegessäule</a> itself.<br />
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Loads of buildings and monuments have bullet and shrapnel holes in them from the war.<br />
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View from the Siegessäule looking towards Brandenbuger Tor<br />
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A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_War_Memorial_%28Tiergarten%29">Soviet War Memorial</a> in Tiergarten<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate">Brandenburger Tor</a> was commissioned as a sign of peace. Looks pretty damn imposing if you ask me!<br />
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Stormtrooper. There's really not much else to say about this guy.<br />
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This is a few pics of the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe">Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe</a>".<br />
I guess they didn't feel the need to sugar coat the name at all. Apart from the bus loads of school kids running through the place, it's pretty overwhelming.<br />
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A chunk of the Berlin wall in Potsdamer Platz<br />
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“Mother with Dead Son”. A memorial to the victims of war and tyranny<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Dom">Berliner Dom</a> in the evening.<br />
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You can tell you're in Paris when you can see the Eiffel Tower. This tells you you're in Berlin<br />
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A random head shot from the Bode museum. He's a saint or something.<br />
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This was a ball carved inside a ball, inside a ball etc etc<br />
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Another from the Bode Museum. It's the locking mechanism inside a chest. Very cool.<br />
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Yeah, Zeus. As in father of Apollo, god of Mount Olympus, don't fuck with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass, Zeus! *<br />
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Detail of a prayer niche from the Maidân Mosque (in the Pergamon Museum)<br />
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A bust of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti">Nefertiti</a> from 1300 or so BC. This was supposedly found in the artist's workshop, but an art historian has recently claimed it's a copy dating from 1912.<br />
Whatever, it's still older than me.<br />
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The Berlin ball (Fernsehturm) looking from the Marx-Engel Forum<br />
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Marx, Engel, Parker<br />
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Part of the old Berlin Wall running through the Invalidenfriedhof cemetery. Some of the headstones were moved so the border guards had a clear line of sight.<br />
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And that's Berlin. Will hopefully have a few minutes one evening to get some Paris photos up, but it's looking more likely that they'll have to wait till we get home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">*Die Hard reference</span>Recklesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953317457143818125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625809.post-80913014968804078612009-06-11T07:54:00.005+10:002010-05-23T15:59:14.476+10:00pragueI really didn't know what to expect in Prague. Was it going to be a run down, grey city? Was our apartment going to have no hot water and an armed guard on the door?<br />
Turns out I was pretty wrong.<br />
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Prague is the sixth most visited city in Europe, so really has it's shit together. We had a massive apartment, a new gas kitchen and wifi.<br />
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Again, I was going to do a proper write up, but really can't be bothered. We just finished a day wandering through Berlin and after a <span style="font-style: italic;">few </span>pints in town and a bottle of wine at home I don't have a lot of words left in me.<br />
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Prague Museum looking down Wesceslas Square<br />
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The Municipal Building<br />
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Detail of the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square<br />
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Church of Our Lady Before Týn<br />
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View from the Old Town Hall<br />
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It rained for a few hours, so we had to find shelter :)<br />
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Rear view of St Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle<br />
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Check out the look on this Prague Castle Guard's face. One hard dude!<br />
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Deb and I looking over the castle wall<br />
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Detail of a sarcophagus in St Vitus Cathedral<br />
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Bibles in St Vitus<br />
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This is the crazy retro panelling that's in loads of the tube stations<br />
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Part of the 80,000 names that are written on the walls of Pinkas Synagogue. This was actually really moving as it gives the holocaust some scale.<br />
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And some pics from the Old Jewish Cemetery<br />
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