We re-traced our steps and set out for the Todaiji temple hoping to see two gardens on our way. We … More
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Nishi Market in Kyoto
We caught the 9.03 train and arrived in Kyoto at 11.9. After dropping our bags at our hotel, we took … More
How the leaves are made
More interesting was the ‘house’ or perhaps room would be more accurate, where the walls inside and out were all … More
Imperial palace
We took the underground again, changing twice, so as to visit the gardens of the imperial palace. From the underground … More
The Boat Race
I’m briefly interrupting the tales of my recent trip to Arizona to touch on some cultural differences between UK and the US university sports. … More
my story on theberkshireblog.com this we
my story on theberkshireblog.com this week: Making my clothing battle into a business fi… http://wp.me/p3k7Ne-1v3
Top 5 tips for when you move to another country
Unlike some travel bloggers, most of my travels have been as a result of overseas work assignments. My explorer-instinct pre-disposed … More
100 published travel tales
wow – that’s a lot of travelling and a lot of tales I’ve told about my travels, interspersed with some … More
Where I’ve been
I recently encountered this neat tool which shows visually where you’ve been as well as calculate the proportion of that … More
What is Happenning in Istanbul?
Exercising my right to freedom of speech on behalf of those who are being stopped from doing so right now … More