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Striking gold in Kanazawa (and more castles!)

April 3, 2024 LK Leave a comment

On the train from Takayama to Kanazawa, Rhett confessed to me that Japan has more mountains than he thought. Sir,…

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Posted in: Chūbu, Japan Filed under: chuubu, kanazawa

Living our best zarusoba life in Takayama

April 1, 2024 LK Leave a comment

It’s around this point in a trip (or sooner) that I begin to miss my heated toilet seats. Not on…

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Posted in: Chūbu, Japan Filed under: chuubu, gifu, takayama

Mossy temples and Murakami

March 31, 2024 LK Leave a comment

One of the things this trip has revived in me is my hatred of American city zoning laws (as any…

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Posted in: Japan, Kansai Filed under: kansai, kyoto

Deer me, it’s the Nara sightseeing express train!

March 30, 2024 LK Leave a comment

I have been somewhat obsessing over all the exciting trains we will get to ride on this trip. Today is…

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Posted in: Japan, Kansai Filed under: kansai, kyoto, nara

Secret bamboo groves, Fushimi Inari, and the land of matcha

March 28, 2024 LK Leave a comment

We slept in alllll the way til 4am today. Wow. Amazing. At this rate, I’ll be back on track in…

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Posted in: Japan, Kansai Filed under: kansai, kyoto, uji

Back to Japan (and Hime-jeeze it’s crowded)

March 27, 2024 LK Leave a comment

It’s finally happening: the rescheduled 2020 Japan trip! As I am cheap, after airfare refused to cooperate in 2022 for…

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Posted in: Japan, Kansai Filed under: himeji, kansai

It’s an art nouveau day in Glasgow!

October 29, 2023 LK Leave a comment

It’s like someone summoned half of captain planet up in here because Friday, Glasgow is mizzley windy. The wind gusts…

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Posted in: Scotland Filed under: glasgow

Making the moist of a day in Edinburgh

October 20, 2023 LK Leave a comment

We have gotten by with very good weather so far on our trip, but on Thursday, it decided to full-on…

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Posted in: Scotland Filed under: edinburgh

From Skye to Glasgow: a castle, cathedral, and graveyard (and a new camera lens!)

October 19, 2023 LK Leave a comment

Coming full circle from our post on day one of our trip: we solve the lens problem our first day…

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Posted in: Scotland Filed under: glasgow, skye

Hairy Coos, Scenic Drives, and Construction Purgatory

October 17, 2023 LK Leave a comment

First priority of the day: obtain carrots. Why? Because if you stop at Hector’s highland coos to see yourself a…

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Posted in: Scotland Filed under: skye

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