Year: 2013

Strolling Around Tokyo

Published by Ellen

Tokyo is such an amazing city and we always wanted to visit it. Last year we finally had the time and the money for a trip to Japan and we started our trip with five days in Tokyo. Of course five days are way too short and we could only catch a glimpse of the city during our stay. But we loved every minute of it and we already dreaming of coming back one day. We stayed in a lovely little hotel just a few train stations away from Shibuya station and were able to get around the city pretty easy. The train system in Tokyo is amazing, although crowded at times. But it’s actually pretty easy to find your way around. We also loved it to just stroll around the different neighborhoods, eat in local cafés and small restaurants and just watch, watch watch…

Book Review: Hello Sandwich Tokyo Travel Guide

Published by Ellen

When we traveled to Japan last year our first stop was Tokyo. Since we were dreaming about visiting Japan for years, we were so exited and started to search for good travel recommendation or guide books. We stumbled over a recommendation for the little self-made “Tokyo Guide” by Hello Sandwich somewhere online rather accidentally. Of course we ordered the little book right away. And we really loved it — it gave us so many ideas what to do in this amazing city away from the typical tourist to do lists. The guide is divided into the different Tokyo neighborhoods and you can just mark an area and explore the sights and recommendations there. We also loved the tip to get a smart card for the Tokyo train and subway net. This way we didn’t have to worry about getting a ticket every time we took the metro. Our favorite area in our (sadly only five days stay) in Tokyo was Shimokitazawa (with cute stores and lovely cafés) and of course Harajuku with its teens dressing …

Cats Know It All

Published by Luna the Cat

I really don’t understand why humans always have to be sooo busy running around doing something, talking to someone or planing to leave the house in a hurry. I think we have all the time in the world and we should sleep more, okay, you can get up at night and stroll around the house and the garden a bit. But then in the morning I try to be really quiet so that it seems I also slept all night, like my humans. Of course I’m not, because it is important to control the house and the garden, so that the weird, noisy little cat from next door doesn’t dare to come to close to my house. Then in the morning I really really have to take a long nap and I’m always a little bit disappointed that my humans don’t stay in bed with me. They seem to be in a hurry, so I will watch them eat breakfast, maybe I will get a little snack, if I look at them really cute ;). …

Udon Love

Published by Ellen

Udon Noodles are my favorite noodles — and I especially love them in soups, maybe with soft tofu and some green veggies. And the really look beautiful in a photograph, too. Nisi non aenean scelerisque risus. Cum rhoncus? Penatibus non, nascetur eu. In et sagittis sed! Rhoncus vut risus magnis ut augue nec, dolor. Vel parturient nec auctor elementum placerat, magnis, placerat. Elit amet, in ultricies et porttitor natoque scelerisque dapibus ac augue nisi adipiscing porttitor mauris tincidunt. Sit sit, dolor integer nec turpis tempor, vut natoque in nunc sit. Odio phasellus, purus sit habitasse, enim natoque, ultrices? Habitasse? Amet, platea, tincidunt, penatibus et, penatibus, lorem aenean dis. Adipiscing ridiculus. Tincidunt dignissim. Pulvinar magna, ultrices pellentesque lundium nunc aliquam enim sed lorem, pulvinar ac sit cursus! Sociis mid et augue. Tempor. Habitasse?