The inside of the restaurant had a traditional yet elegant feel to it and the thought that we might have gone somewhere that’ll blow our budget did cross my mind… my worries would be put to rest later on.
Read more House made soba on a rainy day in Kyoto at SOBANOMI YOSHIMURA 🇯🇵
Everytime Jan and I talked about going to Japan (from years ago when it was just a distant goal up to a few days before our actual trip) one thing remained constant… we were going to visit Akihabara. Akihabara is a district in Central Tokyo once famous for its many electronic shops. In more recent…
All was well and good, however, there's always that part of the trip where you run into unexpected bumps no matter how prepared you think you are. The next few minutes was one of those times.
Read more Japan 2017 Diary: Picking up our pocket wifi at Narita airport.
It was a bit scary at first standing in the middle of the street with cars going past to our left and right! But there were other people with us and the cars kept a bit of a safe distance so we were able to get our photos without any untoward accident
Read more Europe 2017 Travel Diary: Arc de Triomphe, Paris France
Nothing screams "PARIS" more than the Eiffel tower.❤
Read more Europe 2017 Travel Diary: Paris, France Postcard 🇫🇷
Fast forward to the present time... the initial contention it received from the general public has now somewhat subsided and it is now considered as one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and a Paris landmark in its own right.
“You deserve to be happy. You deserve to live a life you’re excited about. Don’t let others make you forget that.”❤
Read more Europe 2017 Travel Diary: Naples, Italy Postcard.🇮🇹
I grew up watching the Disney film. I had a soft spot for poor Quasimodo... hated the evil Frolo... and loved Esmeralda's kind and caring nature.
Having watched the movie (many times) when I was a kid, I could not pass up the chance to see the famed cathedral in person.
"We look quite serious here, but it was actually pretty difficult to keep a straight face while doing this. Few seconds after this particular shot, we were all doubled over laughing out loud."
Together in our next two weeks in Europe we would be chasing after trains, walking 'till our feet got sore, and drinking lots of wine! --- details of which are going to be for later stories. For now, we're going to start from the very beginning... Paris!
