europe/australia

europe australia, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

I have always had the impression that the south of Victoria, or perhaps Tasmania, had a similar climate to Normandie, France, and could be found at a similar, though inverted, latitude. The same went for Rome and Sydney. And yet, one day, curious on google maps, I found out that nearly all of Europe has a higher latitude than Australia and that Sydney has a latitude closer to Morocco and Algeria. It certainly explains the weather here.... which is much colder than any point of Australia can offer.

Market day!

marketday, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

It's nearly midday and I have managed to drag myself out of the house to go to the markets just outside. Sun calls and we both find ourself hunting down vegies. We go to the eggman, the potato guy, check out around 10 veggie stores and before we know it we are going veggie mad, spending close to 60 euros between us! Our spoils:

1,5 kilos of soup potatoes, 1 kilo of curry potatoes, two whole fennel roots, 4 bunches of coriander, 1 bunch of basil, 4 stalks of rhubarb, Eggplant, 13 echallot onions, zucchini, 1 kilo of spinach, 4 lemons, capsicum, leek, olives, coriander tapenada, 4 types of cheese, over a kilo of tomatoes bursting with flavour, strawberries, radishes, asparagus, salad, water cress, bread, eggs.