A Room with a View My hotel is well located within easy walking distance of buses, trains and trams not to mention all manner of food. It is in the block immediately behind the late 19th century Windsor Hotel which itself is opposite Victoria’s Parliament Building. I have an opening window which is directly opposite […]
Christmas in China There seemed to be more Christmas trees and Santa faces around than the previous year. This is fairly typical of the Santa signs on windows around town. The trees were plastic and unimpressive. My pineapple top “Christmas tree” with the snowman tree ornament from Christmas lunch. I brought the cross stitched koala […]
Last of the food photos The last few weeks coincided with Christmas, New Year and farewells so there were many opportunities for eating out. This is a small plate of food from a buffet at a nearby large and popular restaurant. Food was a mixture of western and Chinese dishes. The first word in the […]
Someone told me of a street where I understood there was an open air market. I was expecting something like a roof held up by 4 poles with some small enclosed shops nearby. That concept is common in China. There used to be one beside the college but that emerged as a newly built residential and […]
Concert season The New Year concert season has started. Students from each department or group of departments presents one for their own students. Its held in the college theatre which is pretty large but never big enough for all who want to attend. I’ve been to two, have forgotten the date for the one for the […]