I have a confession. I am not a big fan of Paris. I just don’t understand why it’s so special. Sure it has some amazing architecture, gorgeous boulevards and so chic it hurts, but something always go wrong everytime I go there. If it’s not the crazy subway, the stupidly unhelpful signage, somewhere along the… Continue reading European Weekender Part Deux (Paris)
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European weekender – Brussels Flower Carpet
Twenty four hours ago I was walking down the streets of Brussels with the London Flickr Meetup Group for a nocturnal shoot lasting from dusk to dawn. The weather was thankfully much warmer than the London shoot and I was able to keep my delirium until just before dawn. It still amazes me how easy… Continue reading European weekender – Brussels Flower Carpet
Delirious I wander down the streets of London
For reasons I haven’t quite figured out considering how cold it was and the point of hysterical delirium I managed to reach due to lack of sleep I joined the London Flickr Meetup group for one of their all night shoot. A summer shoot should be fun I thought, but a London summer night is… Continue reading Delirious I wander down the streets of London
Shakespeareland
Limbo is an interesting place to be, particularly when it comes to waiting for: 1. job news 2. moving in news No news on both front I’m afraid and it’s not one of those times when no news is good news either. I’m sitting in my room at the Falcon Hotel in Stratford-Upon-Avon, overlooking Nash’s… Continue reading Shakespeareland
London Summer
The uncanny good weather is making it very difficult to dislike London. The first time I turned up on this side of the world was in December, it rained every day, windy and the chill in the air seemed to enter my bone everytime I stepped out. London in summer, is quite simply glorious. My… Continue reading London Summer
Coming to an end
All good things must come to an end, and Kiritappu ended with another amazing feast. Set up in an old fishermen shed, the local women from the town cooked up a meal like nothing I’ve tasted before. Miso with fresh crab
Hamanaka Town Matsuri
We were lucky to be around when Hamanaka’s Festival was on. It’s a little town festival to wish for a good year during the seedling period, so small that it will never be on any tour group itinery. We helped out with making the mochi, which was later on tossed to the crowd for good… Continue reading Hamanaka Town Matsuri
On being fed
I was told that it looked like we did very little working and plenty on eating, it probably was true to an extent. We were fed to the bursting point, but it’s difficult to say no to home grownshitake mushroom of a size that you wouldn’t believe. The photo is actually my hand holding three… Continue reading On being fed
Seafood in Hokkaido
Seafood in Hokkaido Originally uploaded by mirvettium I know I was in the right place in Japan, when the specialty bento box in Kushiro contained oysters. What I wasn’t expecting was the sheer volume and quality of the food in Hokkaido, especially in the region we were working at. The ocean is so close, that… Continue reading Seafood in Hokkaido
Postcard from Kiritappu
I’m typing this while staring outside the window of my bedroom at Pension Porch (quaint little pension, with fantastic food and a landlord who’s quite a character). Where I am geographically is more or less here. I’m in a little town called Hamanaka in Hokkaido, so remote that my Japan Lonely Planet guide mentioned the… Continue reading Postcard from Kiritappu
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