This week’s Postcards come to us from Monica in Adelaide, who spotted this wonderfully international collection of koalas at Be Marsupial while visiting Melbourne. The St Kilda shop specialises in playful Australian gifts and souvenirs, with many of its designs illustrated in-house and given a distinctly local sense of humour. These koalas travel rather further…
Ritesh takes us from a quiet morning walk through his neighbourhood and into the working day in western Bengaluru. 1. Before the city gets going Early morning in western Bengaluru. Green lawns, clipped hedges and a little breathing room before the traffic takes over. 2. The neighbourhood wakes up Still quiet, but not for long….
By Nathalie, Accra, Ghana. In June, we said farewell to Seoul, after four years of an interesting and wonderful life. My husband’s work takes us to Accra, the capital of the West African country, Ghana. And the contrast couldn’t be greater. Moving around is not easy. Even the shortest distances require a car. The avenues…
By Babette, Germany. The Adventure Started in the Dark. Our trip from Germany to Egypt started very early—or maybe very late, depending on how you look at it! We flew in the early morning hours while it was still dark outside. Even the flight became part of the holiday adventure. Getting Around Egypt. We tried…
By Ralf the Grillmeister, Germany. This is how I like fish. You can see what it is. Nothing is hidden. The complete fish comes from the grill, with the head, the tail, the skin, everything. It looks like sea bass, grilled whole, with garlic and probably olive oil over the top. There are also some…
By Janita Le Grange, South Africa We left early on Friday morning for the 380 km drive to Thabazimbi to visit my grandparents and attend their annual festival. We planned a few stops along the way, starting with Hartbeespoort Dam. General Hendrik Schoeman had a vision, a pocket full of ambition, and a pile of…
Nathalie tries to fly to Accra via Edinburgh. You won’t believe it: we couldn’t take off for Edinburgh on Tuesday! There was a total air traffic control blackout in the UK due to a system failure—or maybe a cyberattack! Over 1,000 flights were cancelled, and Cléa and I were among them. So, it was back…
Monica sends us a few snapshots from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard — one of the northernmost permanent settlements in the world. Roald Amundsen is still here. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole, in 1911. In 1926 he also flew over the North Pole aboard the airship Norge. Ny-Ålesund was part…
Sent to you this week by Martin, from Kassel in Germany. Probably one of the ugliest buildings in Kassel hosted an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s machines. Entrance was free—I had to go. I could get a glimpse of his inventive streak at close quarters. These were replicas, not the orignals. But still, the fusion…
