With every new place I visit in Japan, I wonder how can there be so much beauty in a single place? That is what I felt when I visited Ashikaga Flower Park for Golden Week this year. With the beginning of the new imperial era, Reiwa, this year’s Golden Week was 10 days long! Double…
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It is that time of the year again, Japan’s most beautiful season, the sakura or cherry blossom season. First hanami spot of this year for me was Shinjuku Gyoen, one of my favorite places in Tokyo 🙂 Not all the cherry blossoms were in full bloom on that day, but we managed to find a…
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Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I started this year with a small family trip in Romania, revisited the famous Bran Castle after many many years (last time I went there was when I was in kindergarten, too long ago for me to count the years) and also revisited Brasov (when I’m in Romania, a…
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It’s June which means the month of 梅雨 tsuyu (rainy season) in Japan. Although the rainy season can be quite depressing, with weeks of endless rain and rarely a sunny day, one thing to look forward to is the 紫陽花 ajisai (hydrangea) season. I used to have white hydrangeas in my garden back home but…
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This blog post is all about summer and summer’s early flowers: poppies! Les Coquelicots is the name of my favorite painting by Claude Monet, coquelicots in French meaning poppies. You know summer has arrived with the first poppies that start to appear here and there in June. Fields of poppies can usually be found in…
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That amazing first sunset I saw in Fira will always have a special place in my heart. After seeing thousands of photos of the beautiful sunsets in Santorini, this place became number one on my bucket list. But nothing compares with actually seeing it for real. First of all the thrill, the adventure, the search…
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You might have already noticed the boater hat I’ve been wearing in almost all of my photos from Santorini here on my blog or on my Instagram. I just love it so much! It’s the type of hat I’ve been wanting for so long, the perfect round shape, the good-quality straw, the nice summerish smell,…
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