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10 days ago - Katha Turbostern published a blogGlacier Express and Other Panoramic Trains in Switzerland, Part 4: From Lugano to Luzern and Pilatus
September 1st 2023
My mum and I had booked a journey on panoramic trains in Switzerland. We had started our trip in Basel, travelled to Chur, from there to St. Moritz on Glacier Express, and had spent a (rainy) day in S ...
10 days ago - JenGog published a blogTurkey 8 - Istanbul /the Egyptian Bazaar /the Grand Bazaar /the smell of spices /Viagra Tea /trade was always important
April 18th 2024
Another decent sleep . It does feel odd to be sleeping in a large bed rather than the cramped interior of Gabby but we are beginning to get used to having the little extra room. Breakfast again was a ...
10 days ago - lexispence10 published a blogAntarctica! - Day 8, Breaching Whales and Orne Island
March 13th 2024
I woke fairly early and was finally starting to feel better after my pesky cold. Thus, I started my new routine: I would get a cup of hot chocolate from Paula's Pantry when it opened at 7am, then go u ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogWhat Is A Geisha?
April 13th 2024
If there’s one thing Kyoto is famous for, it’s geisha (or geiko – which is the Kyoto dialect for geisha). If you’ve seen any pictures promoting Kyoto, you’ll undoubtedly have seen a woman wearing beau ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogOmiyage: The Art of Gift Giving
April 12th 2024
From 2009: Omiyage is the art of gift giving. It is a tradition that we follow here in the United States. Japan is a perfect place to finding something that's unique. More than in most places, the Jap ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogMy Ancestral Home
April 11th 2024
I am sure this was not the same village my Grandfather left in the 1800's, to find his way to the United States, and to build the future that my family enjoys now. He came to California as a 16 year o ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogNagoya, Revisited
April 11th 2024
Nagoya is the home of my grandfather. He arrived in the US at the age of 16 in 1896, having graduated from high school at age 14. I know very little about his life before our family started farming in ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogTake Me Out to the Ballgame, Tokyo Style!
April 6th 2024
Although famous for being an American sport, baseball is actually quite popular in Japan, surpassing even soccer. As such, there are many professional baseball teams in the capital, including the Yomi ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogMore Tsukiji Fish Market
April 10th 2024
From its high-end restaurant showstoppers to its on-the-go convenience store offerings (and all sorts of other fantastic creations in between), there’s nowhere better in the world to sample sushi than ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogAnother Kaiseki Dnner
April 9th 2024
I first became familiar with the concept of a kaiseki dinner with our Ohio relatives in this famous Los Angeles restaurant. At her two Michelin-starred kaiseki temple in Palms, Chef Niki Nakayama serv ...
10 days ago - golfkat published a blogWhat Is Sake?
April 8th 2024
From Culinary Backstreets, one of my favorite web pages. Sake is considered Japan’s national drink. Its exact origins lie in the murkiness that accumulates over thousands of years, but it’s believed t ...
11 days ago - Katha Turbostern published a blogGlacier Express and Other Panoramic Trains in Switzerland, Part 3: From St. Moritz to Lugano
August 30th 2023
My mum and I had booked a journey on panoramic trains in Switzerland. We had started our trip in Basel, travelled to Chur, from there to St. Moritz on Glacier Express, and had spent a (rainy) day in S ...