When I was living in Japan, studying in Tokyo for a year, I would not have thought that a couple years from then, I would be designing and selling tailor made trips to Japan on a daily basis. The things about Japan that so many people in my home country fantasized about, I had seen and experienced
This happened a couple weeks back, but I wanted to share the experience since I collected some nice photos. We went to the botanical gardens in the Bronx with a group of friends. It was the last weekend to see their Orchid Show, and it was packed. The weather was a perfect clear sunny day and the pa
Our travels in Denmark next took Allan (@hanedane) and I to the island of Fyn (pronounced foon), east of the main island of Sjælland. The more modern name for the island is Funen; an -en ending means "the." Purple heart in Odense Fyn is fairly small; you can drive across the whole island in 45 m
Holland conjures up the usual pictures - and symbols - that are all things Dutch. Wooden clogs. Fat windmills. Bicycles. Tulips. Of course, after my first trip there, I subsequently have other memories always associated with Holland. The first being the most delicious stroopwafel (which translates
Here's an interesting festival. Its for the flower called cosmos and we went there on Sunday, last weekend. It was really crowded because it was the ideal flowering time for the plant this year. You could pick them, for a price, so many people were walking around with big bouquets of the flowers, ta
It's finally here --springtime! It's officially the First Day of Spring! 🌸🌼🌺 The best part about spring for me? The excuse to get outside (hibernate no more)! 😁 And I'm such a sucker for spring blooms. If you're looking for me this time of the year, you'll either find me tip-toeing through tulip
In the garden of Allan's (@hanedane) sister, Jannie I'm not much of a green thumb and don't have a great track record growing plants here in Colorado. This was especially true when I lived in the mountains west of Denver; it's generally 10 degrees cooler up there and cursed with a much shorter grow
Himeville museum flower garden blooms in the month of March Let's meander through the flowers on display during Autumn, enjoying the garden before going into the the fort in Himeville. A tiny little village five kilometers down the road from Underberg, if you travel through too quickly you could mis
Spring is HERE, I think...? Well it sure looks like spring has arrived, the trees are blooming, flowers are looking bright into the sun and the Cherry Blossom Festival has arrived!!! Technically sure we've passed winter but we are still (in New York City) not sure what coat to wear outside the ho
