Marie-Louise Amtrup Bengtsson

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Marie-Louise Amtrup Bengtsson




Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle April 13th 2010

En lille kort opdatering! Vi har nu tilbragt en lille uge i Fremantle naer Perth (West Australia). I morgen tager vi dog afsted nordpaa for at arbejde paa en farm i et par uger - det skal nok blive sjovt! Farmen ligger taet paa Carnavon ... hvad vi skal lave er lidt uvidst endnu, men det finder vi jo nok udaf! Hvad hart vi lavet de seneste par dage? Godt spoergsmaal. Dagene flyder sammen og vi kan ikke huske, hvad vi har lavet udover at sidde paa cafe, diskutere opholdet i Australien og generelt vaeret forvirrede. Fremantle er en by fuld af cafeer, restauranter fuld af charme og meget laid-back! Det har vaeret stor kontrast til vores tur i Japan, der var planlagt ned til naesten enhver detajle. Der er kun 5 minutter tilbge foer tiden ... read more

Asia » Japan » Oita » Beppu April 4th 2010

And we're in Beppu, hot spring ('onsen' in Japanese) paradise, doing some well deserved relaxing after 7 days of intense sight seeing! To start from where we left off: after having spent 4 full days in amazing Tokyo, we left for Kyoto Tuesday night, arriving (very) early Wednesday morning. Kyoto is also one of Japan's biggest cities, but couldn't be more different from Tokyo in terms of architecture and atmosphere. Where Tokyo is hectic and bustling, packed with sky-soaring glass and metal facades with neon lights glaring you down from every street corner, Kyoto is far more down to earth: the buildings are shorter and less imposing, the streets less packed with busy business suits... the general feel of the city is more peaceful, almost suburbian. After having dropped off our packs at the hostel, we ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Asakusa March 29th 2010

Denne dag startede meget tidligt! Omkring seks tiden var vi ude af doeren paa vej til verdens stoerste fiskemarked ... Tsukiji Central Fisk Market. Der bliver solgt omkring 2246 tons fisk hver dag. Det var en fantastisk oplevelse, men ogsaa lidt bizar. Bagefter havde vi planlagt at faa morgenmad paa et kendt sushi sted paa markedet, men efter at have staaet i koe i en time droppede vi det. Meget kolde og traette fandt vi en bod, hvor der blev solgt MEGET laekker ris/raa tun/ingefeaer/wasabi ret. Uden tvivl dagens gastronomiske hoejdepunkt. Efterfoelgende var vi meget vestlige og satte os paa en Starbucks! Naeste stop var det elektronikkens og manga/animeens hoejborg - Akihabara! Det boomede af elektronik, manga og anime plus divers arkader/spillehaller. Meget japansk og meget maerkeligt - men det faldt i god smag hos Malu, ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Asakusa March 28th 2010

If you know the movie Lost In Translation, then you will have a general idea about how our day has been... Our started in Harajuku a little outside of Tokyo Center, where we watched japanese teenagers dressing up in a range of very stray and overly decorated costumes - a trend called Cosplay...look forward to the pictures! Afterwards we walked to a nearby shrine where we were lucky enough to witness a real Japanese wedding. By 4 in the afternoon we headed towards Shinjuku, where a large part of Lost In Translation was filmed: colorful neon lights, buildings in competition for reaching the sky, and people as far as the eye could see... we were lost in translation. And also just plain lost. So after walking past several good-looking japanese restaurants without being able to decide ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Asakusa March 26th 2010

English: We're tired. Have hardly slept in 48 hours. Don't understand Japanese. And would really very much like to head off to sleep in our rickety bunk bed, and rest our tired bodies on inhumanly thin mattresses. And our mind blown head on a pillow made of... beads. But on the BRIGHT side: 1. We're already loving the Japanese culture, and looking forward to spending the next 2 weeks surrounded by cherry blossoms and various Hello Kitty merchandise, all in very deep shades of pink. 2. Despite minor setbacks like Japanese roads not having any names (AT ALL), we managed to find our way to our hostel without too much trouble - helped along by some very friendly locals. 3. Finally: we've just enjoyed our first real taste of japanese cuisine. SUSHI!!! Dansk: Vi er trætte. ... read more




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