Arriving in Helsinki and drinking refreshing tap water instead of paying €3 for bottled water in Santorini feels like a Quiet Luxury moment.…
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We are inside a bullet train, called the Thunderbird, that’s taking us from Osaka to Kanazawa. And the train is spacious enough for me to write.…
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Well, I am writing this from our ryokan in Kyoto. It is my second time in the city that I claimed to be my favourite place in the world. And as hard as it’s for me to admit, I didn’t enjoy Kyoto as much as I had the first time around.…
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As you might have known, Osaka is dubbed the kitchen of Japan and today, eating as much as we did, I must agree. We started the day with breakfast in the hotel, then coffee at the Honolulu Coffee by the river in Dotonbori. We then had grilled crab legs and a bowl of ramen…
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After more than a day of travelling, we finally arrived in Japan. So far, I have had a beef bowl in Yoshinoya and checked in to the hotel.…
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I am on a plane to Japan. They served authentic Japanese cuisine: bento rice and soba noodle. Both meals were Oishi! If the food on the SQ flight back from here tastes like today, I am looking forward to another gastronomical experience in the air in ten days. Oh, next ten days feel so…
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We reached Singapore a couple of hours behind schedule. So we headed straight to the food court for some chicken rice and teh-o.…
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I am, inside Boeing 777, on the way to Narita. To Tokyo. To Japan. The last time I was there was in 2015. Less than two years ago, but with my constant yearning about Japan, it feels like a lifetime away.…
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But everything turned out to be okay. The next day we ate breakfast, took another scenic route, and bid goodbye to the Great Ocean Road.…
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The best thing about yesterday was the star gazing from our little Airbnb in Lake Tekapo. I have never seen so many stars. It was so magical.…
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Our last day in Queenstown, and I am so ready to leave. We packed our bags, and somehow I managed to accumulate additional stuff in the size of a giant plastic bag. What did I buy??? Also, I forgot and packed all my make-up in the luggage, so I had to do the day…
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