Alice in Wonderland? Not quite, but pretty close! Alice in Tokyo Science Museum – except that she’s not actually called Alice!… If you would like to find out more about this amazing place, then please pop over to the quite brilliant Science Sparks – a site that specialises in making science fun for children, and […]
Archives for August 2013
Recreating An English Summer Abroad (Cheat’s Pimms)
There are lots of things you will undoubtedly miss from home as an Expat. At some point you will hanker after foods that you didn’t actually eat very much back in the UK either, don’t ask me why. And there will be people who tell you to forget all that, and to embrace the food-stuffs […]
Sunday Photo – Venice Sunset
A different kind of Venice Sunset
Of Golden Temples, Unicorns and other Mythical Creatures – Kyoto Part 2
There seemed to be no end to Kyoto’s charm offensive. We spent the following morning exploring the vast grounds of Kinkakuji – the Golden Pavilion (thus called for obvious reasons), and apparently adored so much by one monk that he burned the original down – which does of course mean that this iconic building […]
The Schultüte
You would be forgiven for thinking that the Play Mobil People above are wielding over-sized (and slightly garish) golfing umbrellas – as I did at first. I thought they were actually holding oddly shaped golfing umbrellas right up until our first August here, when cardboard cones in various patterns and sizes started appearing in the […]