Archive for July, 2008

Jul 30 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 9 : Joseph Roth Diele and Hidden Europe Magazine.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Food, Media, Personal, Podcasts, Travel

Welcome To Episode 9 of Your Story Addendum.
Here is another of my personal raves recorded while walking home through Potsdamer Platz about what I’ve seen and been doing but this time with a spin.
The first is the cafe that I had the wonderful meeting and conversation in.
As I walked in off the stark street-scape into [...]

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Jul 29 2008

Your Story Ep 23 : Rocco. Mime, Personal Robots and Amazing Berlin.

Published by Ian under Art, Career, Society & Culture, Travel

Welcome To Episode 23 of Your Story.

Today we talk with Roco Menzel of Metroccolis who in along with his collaborator Stefan Wabner is a Mime artist performing as Metroccolis.
Now after 14 years developing the skill of mime Rocco is starting to achieve real international success, earning a living and well on the way to achieving [...]

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Jul 25 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 8 : Obama Speech in Berlin on a Beautiful Summer Night.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Podcasts, Travel

On a this beautiful summer night I went to see the Obama Show when it came to Berlin.
Initially I was reluctant thinking that it would be the usual political hoopla but on second thoughts I thought that this is one of those cities in the world that history is made in and wouldn’t it be [...]

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Jul 21 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 7 : Off to Swidwin, Poland.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Personal, Podcasts, Storytelling, Travel

My surname is Kath, pronounced in the Germanic languages I’ve been told recently here as Kat with a short sharp “T”. I’ve also found out that the Germans would automatically spell it with a “K” unlike how most Australians would, as my family have found want to spell it with a “C”. The Germans should [...]

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Jul 21 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 6 : Berlin, Observations from an Australian

Published by Ian under Addendum, Podcasts, Society & Culture, Travel

Walking home I realised it was time to share a few thoughts on what I’ve been seeing in Berlin particually that there are still a few reminders of the the war  with the damage still visible either because you can see the repair with replacement of perfect stone or the original stone with the dents [...]

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Jul 19 2008

Do Americans really feel like this?

Published by Ian under Society & Culture

I just received this as an email from a good German friend of mine from their US host Dad in Wyoming with whom they were staying with when as a high school student some years ago.
As an Australian I would like to say I wish we were on the list 2. If this is how [...]

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Jul 18 2008

Your Story Ep 22 : Romy. Social Circus, Berlin, The Wall.

Welcome To Episode 22 of Your Story Addendum.
Today we chat with Romy who while studying Social Services has continued to work and develop her childhood passion for Social Circus as a mechanism to enable children to develop and grow their communication skills, self worth and community interactions. She now has a huge opportunity to help [...]

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Jul 16 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 5 : Germany. Long flights, Tubingen, Potsdam and Berlin

Welcome To Episode Five of Your Story Addendum.
Here is a quick update on how it’s been travelling settling and having a bit of a look around Germany. Particually Tübingen, Potsdam and arriving in Berlin. I flush out a bit more of my observations in follow up Addendum eposides. So this is just to make the [...]

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Jul 08 2008

Adu Dhabi Free but Censored WiFi.

Published by Ian under Personal, Travel

Twelve hours travelling now with a quick stop and reboard the same aircraft at Singapore. While I was in Singapore I didn’t bother with the free WiFi but decided to get on some here in Abu Dhabi. It’s the middle of the night but people are everywhere. People travel at all times when it comes [...]

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