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Here is where I record my thoughts and experiences, most of which are from my time abroad and travels. Where I share and exchange insights on off-the-beaten-path destinations and translated literature. Where I discuss photography and societal observations.
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Have you ever completed The Proust Questionnaire? Made famous by Marcel Proust, this was a common parlor game during the Belle Epoque and supposedly unveils the aspirations and thoughts of those answering it. There are two known sets of answers by Proust – the first was from the mid-1880s when he was around 13 and the…
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I had known Debbie since my Banyan Tree days when she contacted the PR department for some information for a story. That was back in 2007, I think. We never met until earlier this year when AB and I were in Antwerp for a weekend. Fortunately she was in town, instead of trotting around the…
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Day 6 of our 12-day summer holiday in Hokkaido: We drove from Abashiri to Oshinkoshin Falls / Oshinkoshin-no-taki /オシンコシンの滝 which was about 75km away, 2 hours by car. From there we went on to Rausu Info Centre / Rausu Michi no Eki / 羅臼ビジターセンター (30km, 50mins). Finally we arrived in Shiretoko National Park / Shiretoko-kokuritsukōen / 知床国立公園! Shiretoko…
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Woke at noon today with a massive hangover after too many glasses of Rioja red wine and too little jambon last night at Etxebarri Tapas de Autor @ 14 rue Francart. After a hot shower and a few mouthfuls of porridge, I succumbed to my splitting + spinning headache and went back to bed, only to wake…
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Of wine or whisky. You pick. Le 11ème Domaine @ 83 rue de Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris is a cave à vin that happens to also serve whisky on the tap (as shown in the diptych above). We liked the wines that we tried and the assiette mixe (mixed platter of chacuterie and cheese) was good! Meanwhile,…
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