
VIENNA! FINALLY!
i’m very excited to be (finally) spending a couple of days in cool, modern vienna. insert garfield grin here… my research says that, even if my favourite mumok is closed until 9.09 for renovation, i still have a very wide range of options: – do you remeber h.r. giger? i was happy to find out...

TRAVEL THE WORLD SURFING ONE COUCH AT THE TIME
lately, i have had an unusual high level of communication activity in my inbox: i’m trying to get couches (well, futons) for me and my two friends all over japan. it’s been no small feat since the japanese dwelling is famously small and since the japanese don’t really have the cultural thing of inviting people over. still,...

KANAZAWA – part 2
Fortunately, my second day in Kanazawa was sunny. I visited the Arts and Crafts Museum, the Kanazawa Castle Park and the very well-groomed Kenrokuen park. In the afternoon, I left to Kyoto. My host’s English sucked so I was worried. When I arrived at the meeting point, he was not there. I waited for a...

KONICHIWA, BITCHES! :)
ever since i was a kid, i’ve been meaning to see japan. in april 2010, i took a 22-day trip to japan. i spent the first two weeks visiting the country using the japan rail pass and the last 8 days in tokyo. i used couch surfing and also spent 5 nights in trains because...