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... Just dipping my toe in: January 2008
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Sunday, 6 January 2008. Carrion de los Condes,. I’m now half way through the famed meseta. For me it is a country rich in beauty and inspiration, but for others it is a desolate, barren, boring stretch of earth. Some pilgrims even bypass it altogether, opting rather to catch a bus from. Is so boring. I don’t like this, not for my holiday.” But others say that when you shy away from walking the meseta. To my Australian eyes the meseta. 8221; As...
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... Just dipping my toe in: February 2008
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Monday, 18 February 2008. Messing Around, PhotoShelter, and Post-Howard Australia. Sorry for the delays on getting the last of my Camino posts up. Been pretty busy since returning home. Also, I'm playing with layouts, widgets, colours, etc. If you see a template you don't like then let me know. Posted by Alex Norman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sydney, NSW, Australia. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Dave's Movies of Awesomeness.
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... Just dipping my toe in: September 2007
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Sunday, 30 September 2007. The Passage of Time. It is, for a foreign walker (and worker) who speaks little of the language and knows less about the cultural vagaries, a maddening, infuriating way to run the world. The thing is, I love it! It is a heirarchy I could live with. Posted by Alex Norman. Saturday, 29 September 2007. Such was my first gastronomic faux pas for this trip. I knew the French (and especially Lyonais (sp? The days spent wal...
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... Just dipping my toe in: Like a Friend Expected/Sonic Tonic
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Tuesday, 27 November 2007. Like a Friend Expected/Sonic Tonic. It's cold now. Starting to move into the 'properly cold' territory. The next few days walk will take me higher and closer to the open, cold meseta - the giant plateau of central northern Spain. While at only around 800m, the lack of nearby ocean and the vast openness of the land means that bitter cold is likely to be my companion for the next two weeks. Posted by Alex Norman. Subsc...
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... Just dipping my toe in: March 2008
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Monday, 17 March 2008. And you reach the end of the road. And then you walk on. Posted by Alex Norman. Wednesday, 5 March 2008. The buildings were small, often looking like they had suffered decades of neglect, yet there was a magic in the air. So it somehow seemed fitting that as Claudio and I stood in the middle of one lamenting the seasonal closure of the two bars (yes two! Posted by Alex Norman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). USyd Studies in ...
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... Just dipping my toe in: April 2007
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Saturday, 21 April 2007. Now that my ramblings about India are over, at least for this blog, the question is what's next? Or just nothing at all. Maybe some of you rabid blog fans out there can tell me your preferences ( gets ready for one response from g. In any case, this blog will continue to exist. So don't be strangers. Self portrait: Balcony writing (aka attempt to be cool 5). Posted by Alex Norman. Thursday, 12 April 2007. Sipping black...
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... Just dipping my toe in: June 2007
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Wednesday, 27 June 2007. You will return. This will frighten you. Don't be afraid of getting bored. Don't be afraid of tasting vanilla when for so long you've bathed in magical spices. Even vanilla has a smokey sweetness that can mystify the tongue. Don't be afraid of feeling alone amongst your friends, a stranger at home. You will know them by their qualities. You have always known them. Inspired by AM, EB, LG, JL, and AV. Then later to Franc...
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... Just dipping my toe in: Far From Boring
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Sunday, 6 January 2008. Carrion de los Condes,. I’m now half way through the famed meseta. For me it is a country rich in beauty and inspiration, but for others it is a desolate, barren, boring stretch of earth. Some pilgrims even bypass it altogether, opting rather to catch a bus from. Is so boring. I don’t like this, not for my holiday.” But others say that when you shy away from walking the meseta. To my Australian eyes the meseta. 8221; As...
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... Just dipping my toe in: In Galicia
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Wednesday, 5 March 2008. The buildings were small, often looking like they had suffered decades of neglect, yet there was a magic in the air. So it somehow seemed fitting that as Claudio and I stood in the middle of one lamenting the seasonal closure of the two bars (yes two! I think the owners accounted for over half the population), a small woman, clad in rustic black cloth (wool? Posted by Alex Norman. To the south in Spain is a place famou...
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... Just dipping my toe in: May 2007
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Just dipping my toe in. A pretentious blog by a poor emailer. Tuesday, 8 May 2007. A conversation last weekend with a good friend about the strains of travelling for work got me thinking about the realities of life for the working traveller. It seems every other travel writer puts out at least one article bemoaning the life of the working traveller, and I certainly know many people who travel for work who have grown to loathe it. Long days, stressful. I'm such a hippy), knowing that it will eventually en...
