As a child I remember being unable to sleep because it was only two days until Christmas and how could I bear the wait of another 48 hours before I got to open my presents. This year I will have my first Christmas in France and it will be exciting in a different way. Christmas day in Australia also meant a divide between my father’s family in the city and a long drive … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Chops and the Great Rat Massacre
Before I went to Vietnam, the Consular officer in Chile warned me about how tough it would be. For example, I was told, the staff in the Embassy had to sleep on the table otherwise the rats would eat their hair. The rats were as big as cats. The only thing humans could eat was chooks and these had run the length and breadth the country and they were so tough and wiry there … [Read more...]
Lyon’s Museum of Cinema and Miniatures
The Musée Cinéma et Miniature in Lyon has mind boggling miniatures, models from movie-land and a whole set from the movie ‘Parfum’. The attention to detail is one thing, but the absolute accuracy in the recreations of mini-interiors almost makes you want to shrink and get in there amongst it. Oh and another thing - it is in Vieux Lyon, so while you are there you can wander … [Read more...]
