Christmas eve

Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays.

Sunday cuppa

Suprette

If you are ever at this quaint hotel, you must drop by this cafe, the burgers are so yummylicious and so is the egg salad. Although it's a small cafe and the staff are still managing the physical space they have, don't let that fool you, it serves what it serves best. I totally forgot to take food pics as I was just too hungry!

Saturday

Chocolate peanut butter cake with ice cream, well, what's left of it.  Have a great weekend.

Hokkaido

By the time we got to Hakodate, I wanted the luxury of not carrying around my 'proper' camera so I decided to put my iphone camera to some use. Some random shots.

こんにちは

We spent the most lovely week in Japan. It was my first visit to Tokyo and Hokkaido and the only thing I regretted was not learning how to speak at least some japanese before I went there. So it was mostly hello and thank you very much that I could say wth ease. The people are really gracious and they do everything with a smile, it was also safe walking out late. With Lonely Planet as our guide, we found our way to most of the places with ease. I liked everything about Tokyo and had a lovely time visiting the temples. I could really live in this city. We were a little worried when typhoon Jelawat passed by but aside from the strong winds and the rain that night (and an umbrella that did not stay up), we were back in our tiny hotel quite safely.

Monday evening

Have you found yourself bringing your camera only to realize that there is no battery in there when you try to capture the moment? It happened to me twice this year and at a wedding too! You'd think I'd learnt my lesson the first time. Happy weekend and remember your batteries!

A walk by the river