My affinity for Japan started when I was just a kid. The area in which I grew up was home to the oldest Japanese community in Canada, so I was exposed to the culture from a very young age through various cultural events and through the great number of classmates and eventual family members that … More Ōsaka and Kōbe (大阪市と神戸市)
As the next attempt at my catch-up posting from past travels, I thought I’d go with London from my Chinese New Year trip in 2018. I love London. Looking past all the recent issues with Brexit and various other problems the UK has been dealing with, London continues to be a brilliant city. Like other … More London Calling
Well, with all this staying at home, it’s a good time to head back through the archives in order to post on the trips I had been on after my Copenhagen trip, oh so long ago. Let’s start off with Madrid. Madrid es muy interesante (Madrid is very interesting.). Yep, since my trip to Spain … More Gracias, Madrid
Chinese New Year was quite early this year – end of January – so I thought it would be a good opportunity to get some cooler weather in and revisit Amsterdam. Being that I had a bit of extra time this trip, I planned on hitting up Rotterdam and Den Haag as well. I missed … More Amster~damn
I do. I really miss the proper, original Polaroid 669 and 665 (colour and B&W, respectively) peel-apart film. The likes of Impossible Project (or whatever they’re calling themselves now) have done an admirable job of trying to resurrect instant film but they’re still much more finicky and you just can’t do the same type of … More I miss Polaroid
Masks fascinate me. Always have, for as long as I can remember. I appreciate the power in a mask to transform the wearer into something or someone else. But, one of the most powerful applications of a mask is to make the observer believe through the art of storytelling. For millennia, in many cultures, masks … More Art Masks of the West Coast
Well, I certainly didn’t plan on being away from this for 3 years (3 years?!). Of course, things have happened and travel has been done in that time. Maybe that’s why I got distracted? At any rate, I will try to get back to posting things here when I think there’s something of interest to … More Let’s try this again
Copenhagen. When I told people that I was going to visit at the end of my summer break, most people’s first reaction was “That will be great! I’m so jealous.” quickly followed by, “Isn’t it really expensive?” Honestly, compared to the rest of Europe, yes I suppose Copenhagen is expensive but people, I was visiting … More Cool Copenhagen コペンハーゲンかこいい
For the past several years, my Chinese New Year holidays have been spent in Europe as a way of taking advantage of the low-season there and avoiding the high-season chaos in Asia. This year was no different as I headed off to Florence, Italy – with a day trip by train to nearby Siena thrown … More CNY in Florence 春節でフィレンゼに行って来ます
As one would expect, Rome is chock-a-block full of churches. Honestly, you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a church, not that I endorse swinging cats, dead or otherwise. Now, I’m not at all religious but, like going into Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines when I’m in Japan, I still find these “houses of … More Houses of the holy 神様の家
Perogies, Sushi & Bubble Tea 