Olive took up blogging in February 2007 at the age of 106 with the help of Mike, her helper, and through her blog she became known and loved all over the world.

The blog is an amazing record of the life of this remarkable Australian lady, and also hopefully an inspiration to all of us that you are never too old to start something new.

Recent topics included nipping over the border to Italy for a rock concert (the joys of living in Continental Europe!) and the advantages of working from home (see photo) - this may be one thing that doesn’t change from country to country.

Photo: excellent coffee breaks from Lust for Life

This recent post describes an annual architectural workshop this year hosted by his university. Sounds like they had fun… the architecture exhibitions look quite impressive as well.

Thanks to Zhu for recommending this blog. Can you recommend a blog of the world? We’d love to hear from you. Send your nominations to info@pocketcultures.com

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Malaysian Food - Street food of Penang in Topics of the World

Photo: Place des Vosges from PDP

There are famous monuments, exhibitions, even a peep inside a Parisian flat. It’s a great way to discover the city, especially as with each photo Eric explains some aspect of the many facets of Parisian life.

Photo: Rahman Graffiti from PDP

This original idea has inspired many other people to create daily photo sites of their towns. The City Daily Photo network now counts more than 680 photo blogs from all over the world. Impressive!

Probably fittingly for such a multi-cultural country, our first Canadian entry is written by a foreigner in Canada. Zhu (aka Juliette - she’s French) lives in Ottowa and has been in Canada for 6 years.

In Correr es mi Destino she writes about immigrating, adapting to life in Canada and her ideas of what defines Canada and Canadians, amongst other stories.

Photo by Zhu

If you need another reason to visit, this week Zhu is running a blogging advice contest on her blog. Go there and see for more details.

Read more in My partner is a foreigner:
Christina from Canada introduces her German husband to the joy of iced drinks

Ahmed Sharif is an avid traveller and photographer from Dhaka. Deserchobi (the name means ‘photos from back home’) is a photo-documentary of his travels around his homeland Bangladesh. A nice way to discover this beautiful and fascinating country.

She loves exploring Florence and the surrounding region, but also writes about daily life, such as Sunday lunch with her Italian in-laws. Each post contains a sprinkling of Italian words (with translation), so you will pick up some Italian too!

Photo from Living in Florence.

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Melinda wrote about why Italians don’t need a bath towel in My Partner is a Foreigner.

As well as taking a look at what’s going on inside India, it’s also an opportunity to catch a glimpse of an Indian perspective on the world.

More on India in Topics of the World:
Camels are making a comeback in Rajastan
Indian fashion hits the world stage
Mouthwatering Indian food from Ahaar
At home with India’s growing middle class

In The Iceland Weather Report Alda describes her life in ‘Niceland’, with almost daily updates on the weather and the Icelandic days - yesterday sunrise at 3.30am and sunset at 11.22pm.

Plus you can read a first hand account of this week’s big news, the strong earthquake which hit Iceland yesterday, near to Reykjavík.

Photo: Iceland in summer from The Iceland Weather Report

It’s an entertaining read for anyone who wants to find out more about Spain, but would be particularly useful if you are thinking about visiting or living there.

In the Notes in Spanish section you can find a free online Spanish course delivered by podcast. As well as providing an opportunity to learn and practice Spanish, the podcasts also discuss aspects of Hispanic culture.