Category: Museums

1 Day Trip to Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama means horizontal beach in Japanese. It was named for how the fishing village / beach looked from out at sea. Today, it is Japan’s largest city and that horizonatl beach is one of its main ports. As it is about a 30 minute train ride from Tokyo, […]

2 Days in Osaka, Japan

Osaka holds a really special place in my heart, and I don’t know why. Even before we got to Japan, I wanted to visit Osaka the most and I knew it would be my favorite. Maybe because it is the food capital of Japan? Maybe because of the […]

A long weekend in Barcelona

Barcelona is a hungry photographer’s dream. The main attractions, in my eyes, are the food and the city scenes. I spent a weekend in Barcelona in February so I was not able to enjoy the beach, but it was still warm enough to spend the whole day outside […]

Three Days in Copenhagen, Denmark

While I was living in France last year, one of my friends came to visit me in Europe and we met up in Copenhagen June 23-26. Copenhagen is the English version of København which comes from “merchant’s harbor.”   Some notes on culture in Copenhagen Studenterkørsel To start, this […]

Christmas in London

I visited London with my husband for 4 days during Christmas weekend – December 22 to 26, 2017. London is one of the friendliest cities we visited – perchance because it was Christmas. Walking around London felt like walking around a cliche childhood neighborhood. I felt welcomed in […]