My Pleasant Things

February 25, 2020

Niseko, Japan

General, Japan, Travel Annupuri, Anthony Bourdain, Bang Bang Niseko, Bar Gyu+, Ground Pub Niseko, Hanyu, Hirafu, Hokkaido, izakaya, Japan, Karabina, karaoke, Karuizawa, Kutchan, Mount Yotei, Niseko, Niseko Brewing, No Reservations, onsen, Rakuichi, Sapporo, Snow Festival, Tatsuri Rai, Utaya, yakitori No comments

I had no intension to write this post, but the day after I wrote my previous post about Japan (‘Winter Scenes from Japan’), I came across an article in a […]

February 22, 2020

Winter Scenes From Japan

General, Japan, Travel Japan, Japanese macaque, Jigokudani, jingisukan, Lost in Translation, Matsumato, Memoirs of A Geisha, Moerenuma Park, Mount Fuji, Nagano, Ogimachi, onsen, Sapporo, Shibuya Crossing, Snow Festival, Suskino, Takayama, Tokyo No comments

When I think of Japan, many things come to my mind like its rich culture, hard working and intelligent Japanese people, its sweet cartoon films like Doraemon which my children […]

February 14, 2020

Aran Bakery, Scotland

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Aran Bakery, chocolate praline tartlet, Dunkeld, Flora Shedden, pear danish pastry, River Tay, Scotland, Taybank, walnut and vanilla eclair 1 Comment

I discovered Aran Bakery situated in the heart of Scotland in the January 2020 issue of the ‘Food and Travel’ magazine (Photos are from the magazine and the the web […]

February 9, 2020

I dreamed of Africa …

Africa, Films, General, Travel Africa, I Dreamed of Africa, travel No comments

Since I watched the movie ‘I dreamed of Africa’, Africa has driven my interest and it has been one of my dreams to visit Africa. In this movie (released in […]

February 7, 2020

Cosy places in the countryside of England

General, UK / Scotland / Ireland Bath, Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, Birmingham, Bristol, Cumbria, England countryside, Gloucestershire, Grantley Hall, Hambleton Hall, Holbeck Ghyll, Leads, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Rutland, Thyme, travel, UK, York, Yorkshire No comments

In the January, 2020 issue of the ‘The Sunday Times Travel’ magazine, some of the best country house hotels -‘cosy country retreats’- are listed. These places with different features look […]

February 2, 2020

General books, Fernando pessoa, magazine, movie, travel No comments

My Pleasant Things … It has been quite a long time since I was planning to write about so many things I have been reading, dreaming, witnessing or to sum […]

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