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Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal July 3rd 2021

Dear all Apologies for you getting an email alert about a blog a while ago today..... I was asked to share this old blog (2010) with some motorbike buddies, one of whom had ridden in India... When I viewed the original blog I realised there were some glaring typos ... I corrected them and then the only way to get it back up there was to publish it .... and 'voila', I did that before I realised you'd all get an email alert as if it were a new blog. Oh well.... hope all is well. Obviously I am locked down in Australia, not traveling (as most of us are not) and not inspired to blog. Hopefully one day again ... soon please. _()_ Om gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi sva ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal May 22nd 2012

Sometimes a number of things happen at the same time and you end up writing a blog about your city. Actually this blog is going to be more about these "things" than about my city. I think the whole point is to show you some pics of Girona.... maybe? So... here ya go: - I'm in Australia, far away from home and going to winter while in Girona the streets are full of flowers (look at my previous blog if interested) and everybody is enjoying their first ice-cream on a terrace in la Rambla. Spring is there, in the air, in their bodies, feeling their hormones going up and down (as they should!) and looking forward to going to summer! If I didn't have facebook (as used to be the case not long ago) I wouldn't ... read more
The Old part of the city from the bridge
Flower's exhibition
Up the top of the cathedral

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal May 17th 2012

Girona is a nice city located in the north-east part of Spain. And I'm not saying it's a nice city just because it's my hometown! I really think it is and many people think so! It has a fantastic old part of the city and you can still see Roman roads and really antique churches, cathedrals and houses. Every May in the city we have a special event called "Girona, temps de flors" ("Girona, flower time"). During this festival, the monuments of the city and courtyards are adorned with floral decorations as installation art pieces, which are opened to visitors. They are accompanied by light and water and picturesque, sculptural and musical settings. Some of the flowers have to be replaced every now and then otherwise then don't last for the whole exhibition. There is a ... read more
Flowers in the cathedral
Flowers on a chair
Nice composition

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal April 30th 2012

During my research in internet for my previous blog about Neruda's poem "Die slowly" I found out something interesting and new for me! It seems that this poem is not by Pablo Neruda, it's by a brasilian woman called Martha Medeiros! I would appreciate any information if anyone has it! Thanks a lot!... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal April 30th 2012

I want to share this poem with you. It's not mine, it's by Pablo Neruda. The translation is not mine either. I just like it and I want to introduce it to all of you. I would recomend to you to read it in Spanish if you have the option, I like it better! Enjoy the reading! "Die Slowly" by Pablo Neruda He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, dies slowly. He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem, who does not allow himself to be helped, who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck, about the rain that never stops, dies slowly. He who becomes the slave of habit, who follows the same routes every day, who never ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wamberal January 22nd 2010

So I was to leave for India yesterday - but....I'm still here in Wamberal for another week - bloody visa not through (from India visa office) and I have had to rebook twice and the latest is now for Sat 30th Jan! One might be upset - ...... But seriously I am OK with it - it's just one of life's little surprises requiring one to be flexible - I am on holidays - the weather and beach are great - I can but enjoy and wait for next Saturday to come! I get to keep my work car until I go - OK, I have no internet at home and all my gear is packed and stored (including TV and Coffee machine - mind TV is fine but coffee machine???) - so I am just ... read more




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