Recent blog posts
- Tea and Scones at Leaf, Mount Lawley
- Beware the hostel Pegasus
- Amsterdam City Sprawl
- Marina Bar and Bistro in Hastings
- Night Hike to Spot Aussie Wildlife in Perth
- Day Trip from Perth to the Pinnacles
- A Little Gem in a Big Park
- The Icelandic Language
- Queens Pub Gives You A Taste of Perth
- Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross
Blogs of the Day
Andy's Life in Tokyo
Posted November 4th, 2008 by Will ClementAndy is an expat regularly blogging about "News, Views, Life and Current Affairs in Japan". He has a very readable blogging style with a little dry humour expertly observing the idiosycracies and commenting on some stereotypes of the Japanese.
For example his train fight post educates about the dog eat dog world of Tokyo commuting and entertain at the same time:
Karie & Scott's European Adventure
Posted October 31st, 2008 by Will ClementThis is not technically a city blog as Karie & Scott move around so much but I love reading the first impressions of the places they visit seen through wide and observant American eyes. They are a married couple who sold practically everything they own and moved to Barcelona, and are currently travelling around Europe, seemingly going absolutely everywhere!
A Gringa in Rio
Posted October 30th, 2008 by Will ClementRachel is a New Yorker who moved to Rio in 2007 with a lively blog that chronicles her "adventures, pitfalls, and general loucura of being a gringa in Rio".
The daily updates are entertaining and in giving her own views on life in Brazil, occasionally controversial. Good for her since surely whether you agree or disagree with her point of view, a blogger should describe life in a foreign country as he or she sees it?
An American Girl in London who likes food
Posted October 27th, 2008 by Will ClementKrista is an American girl who likes food. But not cooking. Clearly. She maintains a prodigious output on her Londondelicious blog documenting her travels around the city's restaurants.
A flaneur in New York City
Posted October 23rd, 2008 by Will ClementThe term flâneur comes from the French verb flâner, which means "to stroll". A flâneur is thus a person who walks the city in order to experience it. (See flâneur on Wikipedia) This is a fine angle for a city blog, and in wandering New York, NeoFlaneur (R. Arson Teague, Writer & Wanderer) has the time and the skill to make useful and intelligent observations.

