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Since I’ve been in Australia, I’ve been cruising on the Internet at dial-up speeds. It is so awesome. I love it. In the near future you’ll see the execution of a 56k modem once I ‘get back up to speed’.

I’m currently in Australia (Loxton, to be precise) after making an emergency trip from the States for my Grandpa’s funeral. As far as funerals go, it was awesome. What was even more awesome is that we drank the club, where refreshments were served after the funeral, out of port. I contributed in no small way to that. Of course, my love of port comes from Grandpa himself and his influence on me when I grew up with him as a kid. Many frequent trips were made by him to the stash of flagons out by the shed, and every now and then I guess I’d try a sample of the Tawny as well (Tawnys made by Penfolds, Yalumba or Seppelts are a good start). Good times. (-: ...

I took the opportunity to practice some firework photo shots. Fireworks at Tamarac: Fireworks at Hallandale Beach: The set is here.

Photos from Prague are online. St. Vitus Cathedral: Silhouette of Church of St. Nicholas: Old town square: ...

Berlin Cathedral Neuschwanstein Castle Neuschwanstein Castle Berlin Wall ...

Some photos have been online for a little while now. First up, France Night Light At the Louvre Eiffel Tower ...

Obviously I have been back from Europe for a little bit now. Let’s just say I spent most of last week being exhausted and a little unwell. I spent most of this week catching up on work. Family celebrations over here have also been occupying some time. I have been working on the 2600 or so photos I took whilst on vacation. A lot of these were experimental, some panoramas, some HDR test shots (for the record, I hate how some people are seemingly abusing the HDR concept on sites like Flickr. Some of the photos are just god-awful). One thing that I am kicking myself about is that a lot of the photos had dust marks on them. It’s taking me a while to remove such spots. I tried cleaning the lens whenever I could, but sometimes in the excitement of it all I forgot about that, not that I could see such spots when reviewing photos on the small screen of my D70. ...

Everything is almost planned for the trip to Europe that Adriana and I are going on later this month. It is certainly going to be one fast-tracked experience, with visits to Paris, Rouen, Caen, Milan, Nice, Monaco (F1 Grand Prix), Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Munich and London in the space of three weeks. I’m trying not to get flustered about it (and some people who know me well enough could imagine what I’m like right now), but it’s difficult not to. Part of me wishes that the organising part of the trip was finished a couple of months ago. Unfortunately things happen, schedules must be changed, and that is what I’m going through right now. ...