Podcast Episode 18. French Stereotypes

Having spent a few months in France, I think it’s fair to say I’m now an expert in French culture. Considering this, I feel it’s my duty to address a couple of stereotypes of French people that were popular when I was growing up…

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Podcast Episode 17. Back in North Africa, Morocco

G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are.

It was a relief to finally touch down in Tangier, Morocco, and good to be back in North Africa.

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Podcast Episode 16. Driving the Nordschleife, Germany

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I really enjoyed my first day exploring the Nürburgring, which had included a visit to the RingWerk Museum and touring the Formula 1 track facilities. My guide had mentioned that the Nordschleife, the Nürburgring’s spectacular and fearsome 21km circuit, was open for public driving that afternoon…

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Thanks to ears68 at freesound for the recording of Formula 1 cars

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Podcast Episode 15. Outside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

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Having spent the first day of my visit to the Pyramids of Giza getting a feel for the place, and venturing inside the Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre, I returned the following day ready for some wider exploration.

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Podcast Episode 14. Inside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

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After a 20 minute walk from my accommodation I arrived at the Giza Plateau. I paid to enter the site, and bought extra tickets to venture inside two of the Pyramids.

Not only was I visiting one of the most amazing historic sites on earth, I was going to enter two of the spectacular ancient monuments!

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Podcast Episode 13. The Panathenaic Stadium, Greece

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The Olympic Games are one of those things that make me feel like a kid again. Every four years it’s a two week festival of sport that has me enthralled. Consequently, when I arrived in Athens, I was keen to visit the Panathenaic Stadium to soak up a little Olympic History.

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Podcast Episode 12. Searching for Kiwis, New Zealand

G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are.

Whakatane is a little beachside town in the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand’s North Island. It’s known as the ‘Kiwi Capital of the World’, so I started walking the nearby forests tracks at night searching for kiwis. After many hours of walking in the freezing darkness, I decided that my fifth night of searching would be my last…

Kiwi calls sourced from Department of Conservation, New Zealand, Bird Songs and Calls

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Podcast Episode 11. The Minibuses of Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.

G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are.

I had been too nervous to jump on the taxi minibuses in Egypt’s heaving cities, but figured I couldn’t go too far wrong in the beachside resort town of Sharm El Sheik. Riding the minibuses turned out to be a really enjoyable local experience.

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Podcast Episode 10. A Chance Meeting in Wadi Rum, Jordan

G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are.

A chance meeting in Wadi Rum lead to an amazing experience amongst the ancient landscape of this fascinating part of Jordan.

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Podcast Episode 9. The Cemeteries of Gallipoli

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The cemeteries of Gallipoli hold tens of thousands; each with their own story of tragedy that occurred here in this beautiful place.

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