I’ve had one of my Sabbatical pictures selected and published in an online guide to Chicago. Take a look at the picture of the Chicago Theatre Company in the Schmap guide (see top right).
Posts about Sabbatical 2008
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Photo published
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Life after travels
Return to real life hit hard with a frosty afterbite. I spent my first week shivering in sub zero temperature. Brrr. Its amazing how easy it is to get back into a routine, far easier than than I found it…
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Day 119 – Hong Kong Phooey
What a good decision breaking up the return leg with a nice hotel in Hong Kong was. I slept like a baby and had a lie in watching Casino on the TV, damn that’s a good film.
The hotel we kind…
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Day 118 – A long layover
I made myself get up early so I could take one last swim from Manly. It hit me quite hard that this was the last bit of sun and sea I’d be relaxing in for a while. I’ve been burying…
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Day 117 – New Year’s Day
The plan for today was to carry on the festivities down at Cremorne with a picnic by the sea pool. We arrived as the clean up was still progressing; it was like walking through a rubbish dump. With credit to…
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Day 116 – New Years Eve
The day started with the usual wake up swim, the water still being chill sorted the wake up whether I was ready for it or not.
The boys had woken up late so decided to skip the planned round of golf…
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Day 115 – Under the weather
Over the night I’d woken up several times in shivers or sweats but by the morning I felt slightly better. This Aussie man flu is much worse than the English kind. I dragged myself out with the boys to do…
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Day 114 – Another gray day
The boys set off for a round of golf in the morning on the Hill Top course. I met up with them after an hour as they played the hole closest to the house. I managed one hole, way over…
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Day 113 – Where’s the swell gone?
To clear a hangover in Australia you just head for the beach and jump in the sea. After ten minutes or so you feel pretty clear headed.
With no sign of any real swell at Mollymook we took a drive…
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Day 112 – Hello Molly
Early start this morning to try and avoid the holiday traffic heading south. The city was a sight, shrouded in San Francisco like fog. Apparently this is quite rare and if we hadn’t have been leaving early would have missed…
