Spotted in Barcelona, Part 2
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Postmodern Critic - February 2008
Day 9 of Syd
I just came back from seeing The Kite Runner, which was a quite conventional film that seemed to come most alive when the camera invited you to immerse yourself in
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Spotted in Barcelona
I have to admit that there are many interesting facets of Barcelona (or 'Barna' for short) which don't qualify as pomo... here's some of the unique features of this beautifully
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Sydney, Day 8
I stayed up to watch the Academy Awards last night, and was happy to see Viggo there, looking cheerful and slightly corny. He seemed to have brought a young brown
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Day 7 of Sydney
I am slowly getting back to the student holidays-induced laziness I left behind for Europe now, checking my email every five minutes and uploading yet another five photos every five
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Greetings from Sydney, Day 5
I dreamt that Barack Obama was speaking to my old Sydney Girls High School class, and people were making fun of him. He didn't really realise and was so keen
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Postmodern Barcelona: the Visuals
Hey peeps, I wasn't sure of what to expect from Barcelona... I knew that it had a lot of modernist buildings by Gaudi from the guidebook, and that it had
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A Beautiful Clip
30 Seconds to Mars has already set one record in their short history as recording artists: They created the first American clip to be completely shot in the People's Republic
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Cuteness, Morbidity and Chiho Aoshima
I found an interesting article on Chiho Aoshima on kitsunenoir.com: They focused on the quote that I found the most controversial and thought-provoking below: The author of the article gets
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Day 3 of Sydney
My sore throat turned into a runny nose, and I'm still recovering. I still have blocked ears from the flight (my illness probably isn't helping), which was pretty vile. I
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Roma, Once More - Preparing for Arrivederci
Greetings mon ami, Our last night of Barcelona we went along to a flamenco performance on La Rambla, which was very loud and dynamic, with lots of artistic body jostling
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Back from the Chocolate Museum
Today was a day devoted to things luxuriant and pleasurable... It started with a glazed Italian cream bun in bed as I gazed at the sole yellow-orange wall in our
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Back from the Museum of Erotic Art
The latter half of my day was quite relaxing... I had a simple home-made lunch of a bread bun, cheese, ham and tomatoes, before setting out for the Salvador Dali
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Back from MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art)
I apologise for rushing a bit in the last paragraph of my ´Miro´post, but this is one of those computers where you insert a coin to use it for 15
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Back from Fundacio Joan Miro
I mentioned in my comment to Fog that Gaudi had grown on me. It all happened yesterday, when most of the major tourist sites were closed, leading me to pick
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Hola from Barcelona!
I began my day sometime before 4am, reflecting on the things about Italia I had liked as we drove towards the airport... I´ve probably gained a few kilos, but I
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Buongiorno from Roma (again!)
Weāre back at the Hotel Spring House Best Western, and Iām enjoying being back in Roma... people seem more graceful and elegant than in Napoli. Iām looking for a pamphlet
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Last Day in Napoli
Just as we're about to leave, the city has started to grow on me... perhaps it was seeing a succession of lavish squares, this grandoise mall, huge classical structures and
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Back from the MADRE Contemporary Art Museum
The internet connection in our hotel is finally working again, so Iām typing along to a Nelly Furtado soundtrack and the sounds of customers being tended to briskly and (in)efficiently
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Hello from Napoli
The keyboard Iām currently using has keys shaped like diamonds (except for the ends, and Y, H and N, which are shaped like trapezoids). Itās really quite impressive. Iām in
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Our Last Night in Sorrento
The lights are red, and my feet ache from too many steps taken over th last six days... all the same I wouldnāt change a thing. The weather has been
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Back from San't Agnello
This morning we took a short ride out of Sorrrento to visit the neighbouring San't Agnello, which hosts big 'mercatos'. I picked up a lovely cream coat with a ring
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Back from Positano and Amalfi
The streets of Sorrento have been filled by revelling families who are with their kids, dressed up in fancy costumes, like butterflies or monsters. Either way, theyāre wearing lots of
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Ciao from Sorrento
This is our second day in Sorrento, and we spent the day wondering through the ruins of Pompeii, avoiding the sprinklings of rain that kept coming our way, trying to
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