Woke up seriously bloated this morning. Not surprising really given the volume of food we consumed yesterday! Feeling a bit like the Goodyear blimp trying to navigate our tiny hotel […]
Food
Can’t. Move. Too . Much. Foooood….Sapporo Autumn Food Festival, Japan
Today started with our first traditional Japanese breakfast consisting of grilled fish, egg scrolls, pickles, natto (fermented soy beans!), pureed radish, rice and miso. Not bad at all, although the […]
Kanmangafuchi Abyss (and ramen!) – Nikko and Hokkaido, Japan
Last day in Nikko today. The weather had closed in so we got the umbrellas out and went for a stroll along the Kanmangafuchi Abyss. All the way along the […]
Goodbye Tokyo, Hello Nikko!
Our last morning in Tokyo…:( Here’s an idea of the type of breakfast we were having each morning at the Super Hotel in Tokyo… It was a pretty crazy morning […]
Kamakura, soba, Jamaica and Roma – Japan
Our original plan had been to do a day trip down to lake Kawaguchiko at the foot of Mt Fuji. Unfortunately the forecast was for rain, meaning there was very […]
Kittehs!! Calico Cat Cafe in Tokyo, Japan
After the garden we took off to Shinjuku where had an awesome lunch called a sundub. Korean in origins I think, consisting primarily of meat, tofu and a delicious soup […]
Let’s go, suck on my toe!! Our first baseball game in Tokyo, Japan
Sunday was baseball day!! We’d heard really good things about Japanese baseball games, and never having been to one before we thought it would good to experience something new. The […]
Scooby snack central – Nakamise Street, Asakusa, Japan
We were hoping to have gotten a little bit more sleep on the plane, because we now had a whole day we had to get through, without sleeping, so as […]
omfg!!! world’s best gelato alert! Gelato Messina – Darlinghurst, Sydney
If there’s one place you have to put on your bucket list, it’s Gelato Messina in Darlinghurst, Sydney. So many weird and wonderful ice cream flavours, we honestly didn’t know […]
Bibim, to mix – Darlinghurst – Sydney [now closed]
Flying into Sydney around midday, we had until 8pm to kill some time. Karen hit our old favourite “Urban Spoon” and found us an amazing little joint in Darlinghurst to […]