Veronika Wild

The sun is shining for the first time in months... Rosellas in the Garden Juvenile Molly Hawk at the tip The birds are coming back..... The First Blossom Hang in there folks... It's almost spring

Dear Friends, Sorry, Blog is currently in recess. Try again in spring.

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In the Princessipality of Taroona Wie versprochen,kommt heute endlich einmal etwas deutches. Nebenher esse ich sogar eine echte deutsche Pretzel damit ich so richtig in Schwung komme. Nicht das ich etwa viel zu berichten habe. Von Global Warming ist im Moment einmal nicht die rede. Der Winter steht tatsächlich vor der Tür, obwohl überall im Land, selbst in Tasmanien, eine große Trockenheit herrscht. Bei Cymbie in Brisbane darf man schon lange nicht mehr Gartengießen oder Autowaschen. Hier stellte man neulich fest, dass einige von denn Wasserstau worauf unsere Eletrizitätswerke abhängig sind, nur noch zu 11 - 13% Wasser haben, so wird jezt versucht, per "Cloud seeding" (also mit Silber Nitrate) Regen zu machen, was leider nicht allzu gut für den Tourismus ist und auch nicht für die Weinbau oder die Olivenbäume die auch zunehmend hier angepflanzt werden Ross ist zur Zeit bei uns indem er zehn Tage frei bekamm, so wird wieder einiges am Haus gemacht. Jezt hat...

It will be a while before robots replace humans as translators. Instant translation is magic and as amazing as it is hilarious. I always wondered how they did that at international conferences. Now I understand why everyone looks so puzzled and perhaps why, after 61 years of operation the UN still has great difficulties in achieving its objectives. How does the European Parliament manage? Here are a few excerpts from the German translations of my blog. Haven't had time to look much yet, but you''ll see what I mean. Teller as in a person in a bank who takes your money is translated as storyteller Where I asked about whether the little girl I called Betty was Patty, it has translated Patty as pastetchen or little pastry My absolute favourite though is this one. In that Granny Appleby poem -in the Don't call me Granny! post, it translates "My Charlie won't get fed tonight " as "My Charlie won't get any Federal agents tonight." The Grammar i...

You may have noticed small ads appearing at the bottom of posts. You will probably see different ones at different times, particularly if you are in another country. These are automatically put on by Google search engines working on keywords. I have nothing to do with what appears, but I am absolutely fascinated by some of the results. For example, when I wrote on "Surviving The Overland Track (February)," there was an ad at the bottom for survivalists. When I wrote about national mourning with respect to Korea's World Cup Defeat, there were ads for Grief Counselling and when I wrote about the chaotic traffic in Korea, there were ads for Defensive Driving Courses in Melbourne. At the moment, this is a private blog - ie only people I tell about it can read it, but a lot of people are saying I should go public so if you see any big mistakes or spelling errors let me know If anyone minds their picture being shown or their names being given, please let me know that too. Chee...

The Great South Gate -Gwanghwamun- Cultural Treasure #1 Danpyong - or Leaf Fall, is another special season in Korea. Whole web pages are devoted to places, times and dates when the best foliage displays can be seen. Mothers tenderly lift up their children so that they may touch the changing leaves. It is a lovely time to be in Seoul, but it is tinged with sadness too because I know that soon like the autumn leaves, I will be gone. This is by no means the first time I have been in Seoul, but usually I've been here on business, whereas today I am just another tourist. I am on one of those buses that lets you get on and off all day and stops at all the tourist attractions. The city is lively, youthful and friendly. There are a lot of universities here and although it is one of the most densely populated cities in the world - only Tokyo ranks higher, I have never felt safer walking around a town at night. Street Procession. Scenes like this are commonplace in Seoul Following the crowd ...