Monday, 6 May 2024
The Wombat of Happiness
Thursday, 8 February 2024
The Sydney Opera House
My wife often tells me that her ideal holiday would be in Australia. Not sure why, but she finds it very exotic. And she spent her teenageand young adult life watching Australian soaps, which I think has something to do with it. For me, Australia means two things: it's where my favourite actress is from (guess who?) and the Sydney Opera House. Not so much for its unique architecture than for the fact that it's a freaking ultra modern, gigantic, cool, majestic opera house. I'd love to visit it of course, but also and especially buy tickets for a performance of something. Preferably Mozart, although it does not necessarily have to be Mozart. I have no idea if it is going to be possible in the forseeable future, but if one day we can afford to go to Australia we will have to go there. For those among you who have been to the Sydney Opera House, please leave me comments and tell me of your experience.
Monday, 3 May 2021
Le vin rouge (cheap)
Il y a quelques temps, j'ai commencé à boire du vin rouge à nouveau, parce que je m'en ennuyais. Je ne suis pas un grand amateur de vin, je suis plus bière et puis le vin rouge me fait éternuer. C'est d'ailleurs pour ça que j'avais arrêté d'en boire. Mais j'aime boire du vin rouge avec certains repas, alors j'ai pris le risque d'en acheter une grosse bouteille et de voir si je souffrais encore d'une intolérance aux sulfites. Il semblerait que non. Même si j'ai choisi une bouteille cheap de vin australien. Je ne suis pas assez connaisseur pour apprécier autre chose que de la piquette. Mais quand même: j'ai bu sans en souffrir par la suite. Yé!
Monday, 5 April 2021
Kylie Koala
Among the many, many chocolates I buy for Easter, I try as much as possible to buy a few from Marks and Spencer, because I think they are of great quality. They also have the nicest looking ones. I saw this year that they were selling a koala, called Kylie Koala. It is not a very traditional animal for Easter (well, actually, it is not at all a traditional animal for Easter), but he looked so cute that I could not resist. So I bought it for Wolfie.
Monday, 14 January 2019
Trouvez l'intrus du manoir
Monday, 12 March 2018
La photo mignonne du jour
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
De mère en fils...
Saturday, 14 May 2016
La photo mignonne du jour
Monday, 22 February 2016
Les wallabys gris
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Humour australo-montréalais
Friday, 31 December 2010
Waltzing Matilda
I was distractly watching a documentary on Rolf Harris recently, and his interpretation of Waltzing Matilda struck me. I knew vaguely that song (from Secret Valley, a children program I used to watch, which used the music but with different lyrics for the theme song), but I literally fell in love with it. Of course I felt in love the way I usually do: flat on my face, heart beating fast, spirit uplifted as if I was an Australian. It got stuck in my head and I want this to be my new drinking song, my Odyssey song (read: my travel song) and, since it will be New Year, my New Year song. I don't know why I fell in love with Waltzing Matilda. I am not particularly into Australia, although I admire some of its actors, particularly Cate Blanchett to whom my admiration is close to worship (which reminds me that I did not spend an evening with her in a long time), I was fascinated as a child about its wildlife and I really want to go to the Sydney Opera House once in my life. Okay, enough reasons to love the country I guess, but my love for this particular folk song is still a mystery to me. Somehow it reminds me of the Irish folk songs I am quite fond of. And the New Year is a good reason as any to put it on this blog. So here it is, sang by Rolf Harris:



