Welcome to September. My first month at university is over. Wow. It has been heaps of fun and quite a shock to the brain. Imagine you lived in Switzerland 25 years ago for 4 years. You spoke fluent Swiss-German and quite good normal German. Since then you have only spoken Swiss-German from time to time. More
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August 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2023 Newsletter. It has been a nice settled month. Full of concerts, sewing, books and music rehearsals. Plus the normal sport, YouTube and documentary watching. Concerts Diana Doherty performs Ross Edwards The Sydney Symphony Orchestra put on this concert as part of the celebration of Ross Edward’s 80th Birthday. The first More
July 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2023 Newsletter. So I thought that I might be having a quiet month but we know that isn’t my style. This month I got a new roof and solar panels. Along with the interior and exterior building works being completed. I have now organised the whole of the middle level which More
June 2023 Newsletter
I’m back. The month started in Iceland and I’ve travelled to Jan Mayer, Svalbard and Oslo since, still seems surreal. My travel newsletters are still being written hopefully some will be out by the next newsletter. I might have even created a slideshow and there will be a slideshow party at my place. Back in More
Jan Mayer on the MS Fram – News Flash
Hi Everyone, Yes it’s been a little while and plenty has been seen and enjoyed. But this is a news flash. I have been to one of the most remote places on Earth. It was amazing. So I needed to share it with you all as soon as I saw the photos. I can’t tell More
Faroe Islands Week 1 April 2023
Faroe Islands Day 1 – Tórshavn So I arrived in safely in Tórshavn on the MS Sorrona. We got into port at 7am so I had the day to explore the town before I could get into my Air BnB. Finding a place to stash my bags I headed for the town. Found a shop More
February 2023 Newsletter
What? I’m running late again with my newsletter. It started so well. Almost finished it then life got in the way(more about that in March’s newsletter). February was pretty good here is some of what I got up to and things I found during the month to share. Concerts Sydney Symphony Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade For my More
January Newsletter 2023
Hi, Welcome to another late newsletter this time it is from January. No excuses really just never go around to writing it. January was a pretty good month here is a brief selection of the things I’ve got up to. Elton John and Ray Cooper The biggest highlight of the month was going to see More
December 2022 Newsletter
Hi Lovely people, Here I am running late like usual with the December Newsletter. Well, December didn’t really go to plan, more about that later. It started okay. Concerts What even more concerts? Holst’s Planets & Britten I took myself off to a bonus Sydney Symphony concert with last-minute tickets. I found myself in the More
November 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the November Newsletter, it’s coming out late but not as late as last month. Brisbane So I took a holiday to Brisbane to see the world premiere of a Double Bass concerto, more about that later. I haven’t spent much time in Brisbane before so was aiming to just hang out and see More
