Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Jul 05 2009

Carlos Gardel Tango Show – Buenos Aires

Published by Ian under Music, Travel

As part of this trip that I’m on here to Buenos Aires and as part of getting into the whole tango scene we went last night to the Carlos Gardel Tango Show.
Carlos Gardel is the Tango hero of Argentina, with his beautiful baritone voice and matinee idol good looks he rose to fame in the [...]

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Jul 03 2009

Tango – Lessons with Pablo and Valeria

Published by Ian under Travel, Video

Yesterday I had the good fortune to have my first lesson with Pablo Nievas and Valeria Zunion. I’ve heard, over the last couple of years a great deal about this professional couple and their amazing tango skills but until now I hadn’t had a chance to take a lesson with them despite the fact that [...]

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Jul 03 2009

Your Story Addendum Ep 21 : Buenos Aires. European Confusion in South America.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Society & Culture, Travel

 
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I’m in Buenos Aires, Argentina on a trip with some friends doing Tango and having a look at the culture of this European city in South America. After several days off settling in, getting my feet and dealing with a bit of a cold(that I think I’ve thrown) I’m now able to send you this [...]

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Jun 16 2009

Your Story Ep 38 : Bernard. Ballroom Champion, ’60’s Rich and Famous and Alzheimer’s Loss

 
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Welcome To Episode 38 of Your Story.
Bernard King intrigued me when I first meet him 6 months ago. I’m sure you know the type of person. They are the quiet individuals who remain discreet, don’t say a lot but have a particular grace and efficiency with movement, words and thoughts that convinces you that there [...]

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Mar 08 2009

Your Story Addendum Ep 19 : Sydney. Why I love this City.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Community, Personal, Travel

 
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Welcome To Episode 19 of Your Story Addendum.
Hello all. I’m in Sydney catching up with friends, making new friends and recording a few podcast episodes so I thought, as I like to do, give you a quick opinion of my thoughts of Sydney and a few of the things that I’m up to.
This is short [...]

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Dec 31 2008

The first full year in this Brave New World

Published by Ian under Personal, Travel

As it’s now the end of 2008 I thought I’d just like to reflect briefly and thank everyone who has been on this journey with me.
I had only just launched the podcast at the start of the year. Since then I’ve posted 30 Your Story Episodes  and 18 Addendum Episodes. Along with many blog posts [...]

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Dec 15 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 18 : Internet Filter and No Clean Feed Rally

 
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Welcome To Episode 18 of Your Story Addendum.
Saturday 13 December 2008 saw rallies around Australia in all capital cities against the Australian Federal governments plans initially to trial and eventually introduce a mandatory ISP level filter. In Brisbane several hundred concerned people turned out to speak and make their feelings heard.

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Oct 10 2008

Street Musicians of Berlin.

Published by Ian under Music, Personal, Society & Culture, Travel, Video

Back in July when I was staying with the wonderful Romy she would mention from time to time that during the summer months musicians would wander the streets filling the air with exotic carnival sounds looking for donations and adding to the general festive atmosphere that is Berlin during the these months.
Well, quite a few [...]

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Oct 02 2008

Your Story Ep 28 : Colin. Eight Decades of European Life and Reflections Towards the Future.

Published by Ian under Podcasts, Travel

 
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Welcome To Episode 28 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Colin Kerr who is my sisters father in-law who generously shared some time with us about his early life in Britain, dealing with life as a teenager during the war years and the fascination that only a 15 year old can have in war time [...]

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