Sanja Matsuri, Tokyo, Japan Japan’s summer festivals are in full swing again, and I couldn’t be happier.
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Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan I am off to Tokyo again tomorrow. I had a sneaky plan for J and I that involved a restaurant with hammocks instead of seats, a beer picnic…
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Tondabayashi, Japan I’m longing for rainless summer nights, the kind of nights when you buy grilled squid and Kirin from the street vendors, when you laugh with your mouth wide open, when…
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Varna, Bulgaria My friend Kerrilyn and I spent a few glorious weeks together one summer, travelling by train and by bus through Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. After spending a week in Transylvania…
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Hay-on-Wye, Wales “Hay-on-Wye? Is that some kind of sandwich?” -Arthur Miller I went to Wales on my own one summer (I almost always travel solo). I was living in Edinburgh then, and…
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Hoi An, VietnamTen months ago I went to Vietnam. I only had a few weeks holiday from my job, and hoped to see as much of the country as I could. I…