ahhhhhhhhhhhhh champagne
we have been in cramant for four, or is it five? days already. time blurs here, what with the long long summer evenings and the constant flow of champagne. i will make a list at some stage of the champagnes we have tried….but seriously there are HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of champagne houses here and most [...]
images of pere lachaise
i took all of these photos with my iphone, in dappled sunlight for the most part. the hazy saturated greens and sudden over exposures are very true to how the place felt and looked on the day. i especially enjoyed capturing the orange cat stretched out on the tombstone and the stone cutter busy at [...]
musee carnavalet
an online soapmaking friend suggested that we visit the musee carnavalet and we found ourselves wandering in that direction today, after a breakfast cooked by maurice, of spanish omelette and toast and that’s the end of the poilane bread. baguette tomorrow! it’s a gorgeous museum housed in two huge old neighbouring mansions in the marais, [...]
pere lachaise and eartha kitt
i struggled up off my deathbed yesterday at last. what a difference a couple of days rest and a hit of antibiotics can make! we strolled down to the river and over to notre dame….the queue was unthinkable, so we walked all around the outside of notre dame and marvelled at the gargoyles (they all [...]
sick in paris
i’ve had this chest/sinus/throat mess coming on since kuala lumpur and despite numerous alternative remedies, it has worsened. not enough sleep and never warm enough for a whole week in england. we arrived in paris on the eurostar last night. first, i got ripped off by the woman charging people to use the toilets….not only [...]
persephone books in london
this morning we visited the persephone bookshop in lamb’s conduit st…..a short walk from the holborn station. what a charming little street it is, with some cafes and little shops. persephone is located in a building that was built in 1702-03 and is exactly as i imagined. piles of books….and some fabrics….and postcards….and classical music….and [...]
rooftop garden in seoul
thosai masala and other delights
we have hardly ventured away from this great place we found, just 600 metres up the road from the hotel….the nz garden cafe. they do have nz lamb chops on the menu, but the rest is malaysian….and we’ve tried quite a few dishes by now. today we trotted about the streets all around the base [...]
hallabong soap
a picture of my hallabong soap was emailed to me just before i left home…but i didn’t have time to upload it until just now.
new soap studio in seoul
the lovely people from the bubble bank in daegu have just opened their much-anticipated soap teaching studio in seoul, and to celebrate, they threw an open party. the boss emailed me some photos and i smiled to see many familiar faces: the gorgeous soapmakers of daegu! i wish them all many happy days of soapmaking [...]
postcard from kuala lumpur
we have been so focused on the ipswich and paris part of this trip that we’d pretty much ignored the fact of our four day stopover in KL. of course, as soon as we landed and found the super-efficient fast train service into the central station, and a chatty taxi driver to our hotel, and [...]
