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Ok, so it's been a while between blow entries and quite a lot has happened. To try to bring you up to speed:

new apartment:

About a month ago I moved in a new flat (cue the Custard song!). I'm on my own now and I really love the place. The three key words in real estate are location, location, location, and I think this has all three. In any case ( Read more... )

Thanks to Zoran for the heads up. There is a German website called Peterzahlt at peterzahlt.de that lets you make phone calls over VoIP through normal phones. Peterzahlt translates into English as Peter pays, which means that it is free to use. You just bung in the number you want to call from, the number you want to call, and then hit the button. ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I moved into my own flat. It's big and roomy and currently underfurnished, but has lots of room for visitors and for entertaining. Feel free to be involved in either, or both. Also, it's on the fifth floor with a wonderful view over the old town of Weinheim. From kitchen window (and from my desk right here), I can also see the Windeck ( Read more... )

Have you ever wondered which country produces the tastiest Cadbury's chocolate? Some people at my very international workplace did, and so decided to hold a taste test to see which was the best. Thus, eight mostly PhD-qualified scientists met to conduct a very (un)scientific experiment. Representative chocolates came from five different countries: ( Read more... )

So if you saw my last post, you may have wondered what I was doing in London. I was taking advantage of a couple of left-over annual leave from last year, as well as some flexitime, to cheer on our Socceroos in their game against Denmark at a chilly Loftus Road stadium. The result was not as good as it could have been (their first loss at their ( Read more... )

It's an alarming headline, I know, and terrorists didn't actually steal my vegemite directly, but they are succeeding in some way when they can deprive an Australian of his daily bread spread. The current restrictions on hand baggage for flights in Europe that were put in place after the discovery of a plot to use liquid explosives to blow up ( Read more... )

Burns' Night was last thursday, and Australia Day was on Friday, and both were celebrated locally on Saturday (yesterday). Australia Day was celebrated in true Australian tradition with a barbecue. Never mind the fact that it was snowing and the temperature was oscillating either side of zero. With snow having finally made its way to Weinheim, I ( Read more... )

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Another photoless post (watch my Flickr site explode when I get home next week!). Just got back from Maria Island, where we slept last night in a convict penitentiary. Walked (with my mum, who made the impressive walk) up Bishop and Clerk for some nice, if misty, views. Saw plenty of wildlife (kangaroos, wallabies, wombats etc.) as well. My time is ( Read more... )