So, which were the highlights of my holidays?
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Came back from London last night, after an 11 hour train trip. Dunno why I packed a book and tons of CDs, I was chatting with fellow travellers or looking out of the window most of the time! Does that count as 11 hours of TV? Well, except the 20 minutes under the Channel ( Read more... )

On the Bookcrossing forums yesterday, I was thinking aloud, planning my visit Down Under for the 2009 convention in Christchurch. This would be a major attack on my piggy bank...! Frankfurt - Perth - Sydney - Christchurch - Auckland - Frankfurt...
I had seen somewhere that there is a train crossing all of Australia, from Perth to Sydney. I thought ( Read more... )

I had a nice driver today and we chatted about his job. I told him about a friend in Australia, who just started the job (canberracabbie), and who still is in the "enthusiastic" phase. Whereupon he replied "Well, I've been on the job 25 years and I still love it." Even though he had just been to a court hearing because a customer had punched him for not ( Read more... )

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