Moving moving moving

So … here are more pictures from my trip to Japan as promised.  No recipe this time since I am trying to be a busy bee and pack up my apartment. Yes, it’s that time again.  My 6 months stint in Brussels is coming to an end and I am moving back to London! At the moment I am busy finishing everything that needs finishing in Brussels and find a new flat in London with the help of some friends. All while heading to Paris tomorrow with my sister … yeah, not sure that being away for the last weekend before moving was a smart idea, but I love love love Paris and haven’t been in a few years and it’ll also be nice to spend some time with my sister again before we are once again living in different countries! A few weeks ago, I already spent a weekend in London doing viewings. Now I am going back once more in the hope of finally finding something.  Flat-hunting in London sure ain’t easy.  Even more so since we are looking for a nice 5 double-bed place with two bathrooms in Central London – not that many places like that on the market for sure!

And then, since I clearly haven’t accumulated enough airmiles with my recent trips to Minneapolis and Japan, Alessandro and I are heading to Thailand for 2 weeks at the beginning of March.  After our whirlwind tour of Japan that left us a little exhausted (though totally in love with Japan) we are planning to take things much more easy with Thailand.  After flying into Bangkok we plan to head to Krabi for some much needed sun and beaches … we’ll probably spend about 1 week there.  Then, the plan is to head north again, visit the floating markets, then make our way to Chang Mai (elephants might be the means of transport … who knows) and hopefully cross the border into Cambodia and visit Angkor Wat.  Nothing set in stone though and I think I prefer it that way this time round.  I am just looking forward to discovering a new place, trying new food, spending quality time with Alessandro, sleeping in and enjoying the gorgeous weather Thailand promises! So, I will probably be a bit MIA over the next 3-4 weeks, but I promise to post some pictures on my return and let you know of any tips I have for Thailand!  Once I am set up in my new flat, I will make sure and post some more recipes again as well.

For now, I hope you enjoy the photos I took during our trip to Japan.

First of all, don’t you love this guy’s hairstyle? This was at Tsukiji Fish Market, maybe 5.30 in the morning at the latest and this guy is rocking his hair Elvis-style. How cool.

Above is a picture of a whole tuna at Tsukiji Fish Market. It took 5 big guys to lift the fish from its cart, and we saw bigger fish being taken to the tuna auction. Quite a weird sight considering my first encounter with tuna was of the canned variety!! (I am glad to say I have moved on from that and am these days a huge fan of both grilled tuna and tuna sashimi!).

So, not only do I love love love foreign supermarkets and can’t literally spend hours on vacation browsing the aisles of grocery stores, discovering products I don’t know, admiring packaging design etc. … I also have a strange affinity for foreign roadsigns, streetlamps, mail-boxes etc. So apologies if these photos aren’t as exciting for you as they are for me! (Besides, at least I haven’t made you endure a full post on streetlights yet (hey here is a good idea for a post on a rainy day!).

Yeay, a Japanese pylome, and a Japanese mailbox! Go me!

Toky Tower 2009. Tokyo Tower 2010.  Unlike our friend Carme, I didnt have the smart idea of getting a local newsreporter to play around with my camera and take a great picture of Toky Tower on New Year’s Eve … so I only have these point-and-shoot photos. I am actually quite happy with this though. My little point-and-shoot certainly doesnt need to hide, picture quality is pretty good. Oh and in case anyone is wondering – yes, Tokyo Tower IS a replica of the Eiffel Tower, but it’s about 9m shorter! (No idea why …)

This is very much a representation of what Japanese food was like. On the one hand we had amazing dinners, including an opulent meal in a Ryokan in Tokyo … on the other hand we slurped noodles surrounded by Japanese students in bars where you place and pay for your order using a vending machine!

There are tons more photos from my trip to Japan, but maybe I’ll save those for a future post with tips on where to go in Japan and what to do, what to eat etc.

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