Bread and all its wonderful variations

Often the villain in the culinary story is the bread. It’s delicious and satisfying carbs – and their endearing way of attaching themselves to your midriff and hanging on, with the tenacity of old chewing gum.

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The theory of a good story

n an effort to learn a bit more about the process of writing, I attended a workshop last weekend, held at the wonderful Frankston Library

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The best view in Reykjavik

pastel rooftops dusted with snow

It’s New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik, and the daylight doesn’t stick around for long. Would it hold on until we got to the top?

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A market in Ljubljana, Slovenia

I gazed enviously at folk looking effortlessly chic whilst riding their bikes. To me, it is a feat akin to performing brain surgery on a trampoline

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Why Rome gave me the shits

I’m sorry Rome, it wasn’t you, it was me. Actually it wasn’t either of us, it was the hordes of self absorbed idiots descending …

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Romanian Roadtrip – Part 4

There’s 106 miles to Sighisoara, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark out, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Well, actually…..we loaded up the Dacia Logan and headed east toward Sighișoara, along the (by now) good old E60.

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