Last year we decided to spend Christmas 
somewhere warmer and where things are actually working for Christmas. We had no plans except it should be in Europe. 
After a few Google searches it seemed that Brussels is the only available and affordable place so why not (except it’s not really warm) If…
Hey everyone, It’s Christmas and that means you will probably try to find a perfect gift for you friends, family and loved ones. Some of them might be travelling around often, and you have no clue what to get them since “they have it all” anyway. No worries, there are things that every traveller will…
Year and a couple of months ago I’ve been very proud with my 32 books read till then. Something weird happened then, and all big and important faces on this planet announced their “read challenge” for 2015. Bill Gates suggested some books a couple of times throughout the year, Mark Zurckerberg said he will try…
Among many wonders and beauties in Japan is Himeji Castle. Located just outside of Himeji city, it is the most visited castle in Japan, well known word wide and on a list of UNESCO world heritage sites. Original castle was built in 1333, later upgraded and extended in several phases till 1618. Since then it…
Three hours ride in Shinkansen brought us from Fujieda to Kyoto later in the afternoon. By the time we found local metro lines and our nice small apartment it got dark outside. As it was already dinner time, and our legs were well sore from yesterday’s descent from Mt. Fuji, we decided to take a…
Fujieda – Shizuoka, Organic tea gardens in Japan During our stay in Japan we organized (Dina) a visit to Shizuoka prefecture, to an organic tea farm in Fujieda. Fujieda is a small place south of Tokyo, with population of about 170k people. Our host Tamiko picked us up on the main train station in Fujieda,…
The Great Sugar Loaf is a 501 meter high mountain just south of Dublin. Because of it’s steep slopes and volcanic appearance it appears much higher than it actually is, and people consider it as an old volcano, but it’s actually not. Since it’s just on the doorsteps of our friends living on that far…
So far our weekend trips involved long rides to the west coast of Ireland, and for this one we decided to go somewhere a bit closer to Dublin. A quick check on the map, and decision was made! Let’s see Kilkenny! We skipped the breakfast, picked up the car early in the morning and headed…
We ended up in Katsushika accidentally, just because we found a cute place on AirBnb that looked like a traditional Japanese room. As usual we were persuaded by photos and a lot of 5 star reviews, and to tell you the truth when we visit Japan again we will look no further. We planned what…
Euphoria started a few days before our trip, just as usual. We were to fly on Thursday, and I woke up at 5 AM on Monday morning. 
That was a good sign, my soul was ready to go. We found quite a good connection, through Frankfurt, with Lufthansa and ANA line. We needed some…
I’m not a 100% certain when and why I got interested in Japan, but there were a few brief contacts with Japan and Japanese culture when I was a kid that might be the root cause of it. When I was 12 or 13, my best friend’s father returned from Japan and he was talking…
Well, almost every blogger has a packing list, which seems to be very popular and easy findable by search engines. Even though I’m not really a huge fan of these kind of posts a trip to Japan simply requires it. It is more as a reminder to myself and reference to compare with once we…
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