I have to confess that I have been a little slack in keeping my blog up to date over the last few days though rest assured good habits are about to return! So where were we? Ok so yes I was planning on visiting Tate Modern with my brother and then in the evening going dancing with my friend Mai in Brick Lane. Its Thursday and Paul and I head off to Tate Modern to see the Futurism Exhibition . Filippo Marinetti launched the Futurism movement when the Futurists Manifesto was published on the front page of Le Figaro in 1909. The manifesto’s focus was on violence and the destruction of museums, libraries, feminism and morality whilst glorifying war. An interesting but probably unsustainable list of goals I would think! After doing laps around the exhibition ... read more

Dear reader, I have called this latest entry 'Preparing for Berlin' more as a mental note in preparation for some preparation rather than the preparation itself. (If that makes sense!) Thankfully my brother knows Berlin really well and has provided me with a list of places to visit, however I usually like to do my own research so that I have some control over my time in a new city. I fear that other committments (friends, family food and drinks) will distract me from my Berlin research. Anyway enough of Berlin, I'm still in London, the final Ashes test will be starting today at the Oval however I will be visiting Tate Modern with my brother to see the Futurism exhibition followed by lunch in the Tate Modern res... read more

Woke up to a warm and sunny Monday morning with the sound of seagulls outside my window. The English seagull is much larger than the Australian variety and whilst the noise they make is quite different to the Australian bird, it is no less annoying. First stop today was Canary Wharf in search of a coffee (as the hotel coffee isnt great) and whilst it is a short boat ride away, I weirdly chose to catch the C10 bus to Canada Water, followed by the tube to Canary Wharf. All up about a half hour journey. Tomorrow (Wednesday) I intend to take the ferry, which I think might only take six minutes. For those of you who don’t know until the mid 1960's, Canary Wharf was a cargo warehouse at the centre of West India Docks ... read more

Amazingly I am sitting on my couch, in my flat in Dee Why, watching my television and drinking a cup of tea from one of my own cups. It is raining outside, the sounds of traffic in the street are very familiar and the accents very normal. It feels like I have woken up from a normal night of sleep - Oh I did have a great dream last night though- quite weird and wonderful; I flew to Europe on this airline called Etihad and what was more of a nightmare than a dream the entertainment system didn’t work, I then spent some time in London before travelling to Paris and I was in a weird hotel where the room was on a slope and tic tacs used to roll off the table (weird dream huh?) ... read more

I needed to drop in a few more photos of my trip around Catalonia on Wednesday and so here is but a small selection... read more