Tokyo, Japan Because for every breakfast and every lunch and every dinner you can eat at a different restaurant, because it has the best sushi I’ve ever tasted, because izakayas are the…
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(photo taken by Ali) Kobe, Japan One of my very best friends is a Brit living in Melbourne; we met in Osaka. Another of my very best friends lives in Canada at…
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Views from a Double-Decker Bus Edinburgh, ScotlandOn this particular day, the No. 26 bus was empty almost all the way to Portobello beach. Perhaps nobody else was as crazy as me to…
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Paris, FranceParisian markets have that hypnotic effect on me that make me think, “Why yes, I do need a box full of broken watches, a life-size mannequin, some creepy puppets, a few…
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Arashiyama, Japan I’m in Hiroshima now, just for the weekend. The plans include Peace Park, the Memorial Museum, a trip to Miyajima, and some local okonomiyaki. This is a trip I’ve been…
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Isle of Skye, Scotland I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: these blisteringly hot days in Japan make me crave the cool winds and rains of Scotland. I would trade…