Author: livelifelovecake

  • Travel

    • The land of the rising sun: Kyoto, Japan

    Posted on
    Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen, Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen, Japan, Rising sun, Nozomi, Nozomi train, bullet train, bullet train Japan, Japan train, Kyoto, Shiori-an, Hiroshima, Gion, Japanese tea house, Philosopher's Path, Path of Philosophy, temples, matcha, Inari Village, manga, Fushimi Inari Shrine, Udon noodles, Udon, noodles, glutinous dumpling balls, dumpling balls, glutinous rice, cinnamon, cinnamon cookies, Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji , Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple, Arashiyama, Kameyama Park, bamboo forest, bamoboo, Manga/Internet café, plum liquor, Media Café Popeye, Grrrltraveller, travel blog, travel, Japan travel

    A must-visit on everyone’s Japan itinerary, Kyoto gave me a glimpse of old-style Japan with traditional wooden houses, beautiful countryside and geishas. Shiori-an hostel deserves a place in my top ten hostels across the world and my time spent sleeping in Manga cafe wasn’t too bad either. Good food, friends, temples and adventure. Kyoto is a blast.

    Read More
    3 Comments
  • Travel

    • Weird and wonderfully unique: Osaka, Japan

    Posted on
    Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen, Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen, Japan, Rising sun, Nozomi, Nozomi train, bullet train, bullet train Japan, Japan train, Kyoto, Shiori-an, Hiroshima, Gion, Japanese tea house, Philosopher's Path, Path of Philosophy, temples, matcha, Inari Village, manga, Fushimi Inari Shrine, Udon noodles, Udon, noodles, glutinous dumpling balls, dumpling balls, glutinous rice, cinnamon, cinnamon cookies, Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji , Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple, Arashiyama, Kameyama Park, bamboo forest, bamoboo, Manga/Internet café, plum liquor, Media Café Popeye, Grrrltraveller,

    Osaka was my first stop in Japan and it was a perfect welcoming. My first night was spent in a capsule hotel, totally weird and wonderfully unique. Just like the rest of the city which surprised me at every corner. My visit was packed with crazy adventures including a trip to the local food market where I was met by the kindness of others.

    Read More
    8 Comments
  • Weekly Treats

    • This week’s sweet treats : 20/11/2015

    Posted on
    Bepton, West Sussex, Park House Hotel, Bepton spa, park house spa, The Partridge, Singleton, brownie, dessert, croissant, Japan, cookies, Malawi, chestnut croissant, Japanese pastries, Japanese pastry, Beaujolais Nouveaux, red wine, France, Boulangerie, Boulangerie Victor Hugo,Southampton, The Partridge Inn, doughnuts, donuts, sweet treats, this week's sweet treats, Imabari

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week, at home and abroad.  Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from L-R 1. It was Beaujolais Nouveau day yesterday and we celebrated at Boulangerie Victor Hugo in Southampton where we’d been invited for the […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Portsmouth

    • Like a Tea Tray in the Sky, Southsea

    Posted on
    Tea tray, teatray, Tea tray cafe, Southsea, Portsmouth, graffiti, Portsmouth graffiti, Southsea graffiti, graffiti artist, graffiti, chocolate brownie, earl grey tea loaf, early grey tea read, toffee apple, toffee apple cake, ham, Buckwell's Butchers, tomato & basil soup, Osborne Road, Cafe's Southsea, Southsea cafe's, Portsmouth Cafe, Like a teatray in the sky, like a teatray in the sky Southsea, like a teatray in the sky Portsmouth,

    One wet and miserable Saturday Geoff and I tried to get into Southsea Coffee Co in Osborne Road, Southsea but to no avail. It’s very popular and on Friday’s and weekends we find it almost impossible. So we thought we should try somewhere different and I thought I knew of a place a bit further up […]

    Read More
    1 Comment