One of the strangest hours of my life was spent at a Japanese maid café in Tokyo. I find Japanese culture fascinating so I was curious to see what the fuss was with a maid …
Visiting a Japanese Maid Cafe: What to expect


One of the strangest hours of my life was spent at a Japanese maid café in Tokyo. I find Japanese culture fascinating so I was curious to see what the fuss was with a maid …

I learnt something new today. October 30th is National Black Cat Day. Now there seems to be a National Day Of Something-Or-Other every day – everything from awareness days for serious causes to random stuff like Talk Like a Pirate Day …

So it’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post here but fear not, I haven’t gone off the radar. It appears that my brain can only be obsessed with one thing at a time …

Iceland had been high on my travel wishlist for a good few years. Initially my husband and I had wanted to go there for his birthday in June to experience the crazy long hours of …

If you fancy getting back to basics and “roughing it” in a tent (albeit with an airbed underneath your sleeping bag to ensure a more comfortable night’s sleep!) then you can do no wrong by …

You may or may not know this, but the Japanese love Kit Kats. So when I visited Japan, I fully embraced the culture and went a little Japanese Kit Kat Krazy. Why are Kit Kats …

I love Japan. I love it because it is so unlike anywhere else I have been. It is one of my favourite places because the people are courteous and the streets are clean but most …