• looking back at asahikawa

    when did we visit and for how long? late february for 10 days what kind of accommodations? two hotels.  we barely stayed in the first one for 30 minutes because it was so disgusting.  smoke was seeping out of everything,…

  • the sarandë promenade

    the main promenade of sarandë looked to be the most built up area of town* that we’ve seen during our stay in town.  it’s one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted waterfront property we saw and it stands out a…

  • first 24 hours in porec (croatia)

    jojo: what do i like? -beach town vibe.  with every city/town we’ve moved to within croatia, the vibe has gotten more and more relaxed.  we’ve been on the go a lot over the last week, covering over 1000km by car…

  • weekly recap #19 – santorini, saranda & tirana

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda.  we’ve had some good meals this week…

  • first 24 hours in saranda

    jojo: what do i like? -the mix between old town, new development and very quiet beaches -lots of elderly and young people out in the streets until well into the night, even on a monday.  most are locals that seem…

  • our first filipino dinner and… pizza

    this was back in el nido and we had had maybe 3 days of filipino bbq but no homestyle meals as of yet (with the exception of one chicken adobe on the beach that tasted like soy sauce chicken.  yucks). …

  • koenji, kichijoji and a menchi katsu kind of afternoon

    west of the tokyo core and away from the fast paced lifestyle of shibuya and shinjuku are koenji and kichijoji; neighbourhoods connected to shinjuku via the odakyu line.  our original plan was to visit both in conjunction with visiting studio…

  • sempre pizza, our guilty ashikawan pleasure

    once again we’ve fallen behind in our posting schedule.  for me this tends to happen once i start a stretch of back to back riding days which seems to render me completely useless past dinner (or breakfast since it’s technically…