Art galleries and me haven't always been the best of friends. Last year I blogged about how I'd learnt to love art galleries - a process of time, maturity, and most especially, having an art expert as a travel companion (but thankfully, not the kind of art expert who drones on and on - rather, one …
Perth
Exploring my “privileged places” and how Vienna’s stations confused me
I'm a big fan of Gretchen Rubin who writes and researches about happiness (what a lovely job!) and in her newest book Happier at Home a passage she quoted from historian Mircea Eliade really struck me. It's about what he names "privileged places": a man's birthplace, or the scenes of his first …
Perth Zoo: Gibbons, tigers and bears, oh my!
One of the most visited tourist attractions here in my lovely home town of Perth is the Perth Zoo - it's in a great location on the south side of the city centre and it's popular to take the ferry from the CBD over to the zoo. I may have a rather biased opinion because I've visited a dozen or so …