Call me strange (plenty have in the past), but until the age of twenty-five, I never drank tea or coffee. And I still don't drink coffee to this day. But the tea - well, the tea is all about travelling.I lived in Japan for two years. Sure, you can live in Japan and ignore some of the traditions, but …
cultural differences
My grand Russian adventure is someone else’s summer vacation
I don't remember when I decided that one day I would just have to ride the Trans-Siberian - I really think it's something that I had in mind even before I had figured out where the Trans-Siberian actually ran. When I started planning to do some serious travel, it was high on my priority list. Then I …
Being sick in Japan is big in Japan
With apologies for the corny title, I'm talking illness today because my household is currently suffering through our worst winter plague since ... well ever, probably, since we now have a small boy who is very generous about spreading germs around left, right and centre. Since all I can think about …