I tend to like my sleep so I wasn’t too pleased to be woken up by the phone ringing at 1 o’clock this morning! Mindful of the time difference with Australia and worried that something terrible had happened, I jumped out of bed to answer it – only to find it was a recorded message [...]

Yesterday was Anzac Day… It’s hard to believe that a year ago we had left Australia and were already in Turkey! We spent last Anzac Day at Gallipoli, for the Dawn Service at Anzac Cove and the Australian service at Lone Pine. This year, my friends Nat and Cam have made the same pilgrimage. Turkey [...]

I have mentioned my friend Caitlin who works for the same company before. She is my museum/gallery buddy and we jokingly call ourselves the Caitlin Culture Club or CCC, of which we are joint-presidents. So far, we have been to the Encounters exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum (last year), the Turks exhibition at [...]

By Caitlin Fitzsimmons The fresco in the ancient church puzzled us: what was the patron saint of England doing in Turkey? It was definitely St George. The painting showed a knight on horseback fighting an evil dragon, his shield with the distinctive red-on-white cross clearly visible. Of course, it turns out that St George was [...]

I released this on Thursday 21 April 2005 at Croydon Clocktower Cafe (underneath the library) in Croydon, England United Kingdom. It was found by a BookCrosser a few days later and they left this journal entry: Journal entry 3 by neoliminal99(27/16) from London, England United Kingdom on Saturday, April 23, 2005 Was really pleased to [...]

This a science fiction story I wrote about a year ago before leaving Australia. It’s the first short story I’ve written for years and I would welcome any feedback. Lost and FoundBy Caitlin Griffin The engines whirred and the ground dropped away gently. High over the city, Joe flicked a switch and sank into the [...]

It was my boyfriend’s birthday on Saturday and I surprised him with a weekend away in Oxford. I didn’t actually realise quite how close Oxford actually is and now I am amazed that we’ve not been there before. It’s one hour and 40 minutes away by bus and costs £12 return – that’s day-trip territory. [...]

This website lets you create a map of the world showing the countries you have visited in red. Mine is below. create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits Nederlands I have visited 22 countries or 9% of the globe. Unfortunately, small countries such as Fiji or Trinidad & Tobago end up as a [...]