( Hiroshima, Himeji, Miyajima and Tokyo )

Hiroshima, Mon Amour ( Read more... )

Going to Carolina in my Mind ( Read more... )

I will be traveling for much of November and attending World Fantasy Con and AtomaCon.

I will be appearing on two panels at WFC: Collections: Useful Tools, Private Archives, Grendel-like Gloat Hoards or Manifestations of Disease, on Friday at 2pm, and moderating Dark Carnivals on Saturday at 4pm. I will also be giving a reading on Saturday at 1pm ( Read more... )

I'll be back at the University of Western Australia on Monday, once again teaching first year creative writing. Not picking up any work at Murdoch this semester has had an unexpected bright side, because it's freed me up to teach ten tutes rather than the five I was offered before I went overseas ( Read more... )

(as they say in the classics). More photos to follow, plus TripAdvisor reviews.

Walked around Prague today, making sure I'd seen everything I wanted to see (apart from the Golem, which is supposedly hidden in the attic of the Old New Synagogue), then back to the hotel to pack.

( Parting shots )

I arrived in Prague yesterday after spending four days in Berlin. The first two coincided with German victories in the World Cup, and the celebrations continued for the next two and may well still be going on. These celebrations occasionally blocked traffic, but as far as I could see, were entirely civilized, and it was good to see so many people ( Read more... )

On Tuesday, we went to the Bond in Motion exhibition at the London Film Museum, a collection of vehicles, storyboards, and a few other props from James Bond movies. Rowan was somewhat disappointed by the gift shop, because none of the pens exploded (a la the one in GoldenEye), so we went to Covent Garden markets in search of a suitable present for ( Read more... )

I've visited Cardiff on nearly every trip I've made to the UK, and was happy that the Doctor Who Experience gave me an excuse to do so again. We had an entirely hassle-free trip and arrived at the YHA late in the afternoon, to find that all of the dorms had been named after actors who played the Doctor (we stayed in #3, Pertwee) and the luggage ( Read more... )