six thousand islands

Vienna was love at first sight. She is *that* girl, gorgeous and sparkling, a shiny fabergé egg with museums and parks and palaces and coffee shops, home of two recent Eurovision winners HELL YEA. Vienna is the gift that keeps on giving, I’m still madly in love and cannot wait to go back. • here's the transcript • here are the greek lessons • drop me a message: sixthousandislands (at) gmail (...

 You spend your life not caring about spiders and then you read the myth of Arachne and *BAM*, there’s now a tug in your heartstrings everytime you come across a little spidey in your home or in nature and you don’t even want to destory their web because you feel bad they lost the competition with Athena and really, you too were supporting the underdog in that story. • here's the transcript •...

For someone who doesn’t care about cooking, I sure do love, I adore, I worship sushi. Such an exciting dish to make, to eat, to share with others, to talk about, to explore different ingredients and combinations. There isn’t a sushi variation I haven’t liked. The one I make is a simple makizushi with avocado and cucumber, but really, the possiblities are endless. And so are the times I have prepar...

I genuinely thought I was a city rat for a few years but now that I'm older I kinda do prefer clean air and smaller, quieter places wow who would've thunked. And I knew that was the case because although at first I felt so out of place at that no-water, no-bathroom, no phone signal middle-of-nowhere house in Loch Fyne, (a truly rustic experience, let me tell you) eventually I was really...

My biggest culture shock in the UK was the fact that I could do all my government-related paperwork online. Online?? Via the Interwebs??? Why is no one asking me to go to a 1960's building with 1960's infrastructure and bring *physical copies* of whatever it is I need to do, along with some prayers and a hope for the best?  I NEED to wait in a disorganised queue, darn it, a queue that is...

When I was 8 years old I did swimming classes for exactly nine months and it was a disaster because I was always terrified of going to the deep end of the pool. In the end-of-year swimming competition I came dead last but really I had won because I NEVER HAD TO DO ANY OF THAT AGAIN, THANK THE GODS. Anyway I now know I have a fear of big bodies of water, mad respect to the sea but I ain't goin...

Not gonna lie, I felt pretty proud of this *attempt* at cooking! The lentils were edible, which is more than I could ask for. I will never (ever) try it again, but I'm proud nevertheless, because hey, I now have a story to tell, and this podcast has its first episode. EVERYBODY WINS! • here's the transcript • here are the greek lessons • drop me a message: sixthousandislands (at) gmail (...