03.06.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:58 am by lotte
Today I was at Southern Cross Station, one of Melbourne’s major, recently renovated railway stations. It is so big. I had to change trains there and I found myself standing still after I got out of the train. I had to look around me for a moment. I was just standing there thinking: “wow, this is such a huge station”. Very spacious, high ceiling and very impressive building really. I am blocking all the other people who are trying to move around. Only 4 minutes now until my next train leaves, so I better move. I took the escalator up, squeezing myself between all the other people, and again I found myself starring around, this time stunned with how high we were all going. Just incredible. I was feeling all wobbly on me feet! See for yourself: Southern Cross Station
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05.04.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:50 am by admin
Dutchies — what is going on??
Check out this new thing, created by Dutch people, called Jumpstyle. Zot discovered it and we have decided it is very similar to the Lindy Hop charleston steps we do. The kicks are the same really, just the way they put them together is different. And yes, the music of course is VERY different from the jazz music we normally dance to.
But, we think we might spend an hour on some tutorials we found on YouTube and teach Jumpstyle as a warm up for our Lindy Hop classes 
Should be fun. It was certainly fun to see Zot practising this morning in our living room. He has got plenty of energy, that is for sure.
This clip is quite fun too.
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05.02.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:43 pm by admin
Punting can be so romantic, idyllic and wonderful. At times the river can be a real stunning place, with the sun shining on the water and on the beautiful buildings. At this time of the year it is even more exciting and lovely because the ducks and moorhens have their ducklings.
So, we are in the boat, punting along, happy times, romantic times, lovely times.
“Look over there!”.
“Aaaah, there is a moorhen mum with her little baby duckling. Sooo cute!!”
Next moment, a big SPLASH! Gone is the little black duckling. Under water. It took one second and one big splash. The next moment it seems as if the duckling had never been there. The water is calm again. We could only know something had happened by the concerned, upset sounds of the mum.
I wasn’t sure. Some said the duckling was just diving and would come up soon. It never came up though…
My punting colleagues told me later that there are eels in the river that eat ducklings. I read about it and apparently BIG eels eat ducklings. Hope this is not going to happen on many of my tours. It will be an upsetting rather then relaxing tour on the river.
Romantic? Yes. But now I also know the river can be a place of life and death.
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04.18.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:54 am by admin
Sage, or Salie in Dutch, is just great. I have decided to use it more. I like it for several reasons:
- It tastes great
- It is a good replacement for parsley; very helpful in my kitchen as Zot does not like parsley
- It is known for it’s healing qualities; the Latin name for sage is salvia and that means “to heal”
A medieval saying is: Cur moriatur homo cui Salvia crescit in horto? meaning “Why should a man die whilst sage grows in his garden?”
When I get a garden again, I think I might grow some sage in there 
Source: Wikipedia
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