Fifteen years ago this year, I moved to Japan. Also fifteen years ago this year, just a couple of months before my arrival in Osaka, Universal Studios Japan opened. What a brilliant coincidence, I think, that USJ would bring me back to Japan in this special year! Magic at Universal Studios …
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Making Friends Through Travel – Episode 35 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Some people travel to see the sights; some to eat the food. I like doing both of these too, but one of my favourite things to do while I'm travelling is to make new friends. And that's what Episode 35 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about. Whether I'm making completely new friends by …
Travel and Stereotypes – Episode 34 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
The topic of stereotypes is an endlessly fascinating one for me. When I was an ESL teacher, especially here in Perth when I would have a class full of different nationalities, it was so interesting to observe which aspects of a stereotype had some basis in reality and which didn't. This episode …