Friday, 28 November 2014

Twinkle twinkle

Back in Zurich. The inbox is half-defeated, but the hardest things have been left lurking there. I haven't even had time to write thank-you notes, this week has been so busy. I have, however, managed to eat halfway sensibly and go swimming three times! I've signed up for a year's membership at the local pool, and annoyingly haven't been able to go since. Now I just need to learn to swim a real stroke. Being there on Wed night with the training triathletes was somewhat daunting.

In other news, it's cold. I need to find my coat and sew the buttons on, I even managed to find the new buttons while unpacking after the move. My friend Gerry should be touching down about now, she's here for the weekend to see the Christmas markets, and I'm taking her to Miyuko's tomorrow as it's her birthday on Monday!

Friday, 21 November 2014

Parting shot

And it's goodnight from Shibuya

The last batch of posts have come to you from the Starbucks overlooking Shibuya's famous 'scramble' crossing. Time to back up the photos, put the phone in the post and go for the last train to the hotel. That's all from Tokyo, for now!

Last meal

Sat at the counter of a tempura restaurant. ^___^

Um

Omu-soba, which I can only assume is soba wrapped in an omelette.

Zombie music

HMV!

News to me

How do you make French toast 'premium'?

I didn't travel halfway around the world for this

Kirin Ichiban beer garden complete with oompah music.

Kitty scratch

Hello Kitty nail stickers.

Taking notes

But do cats know anything about wine?

Especially when they're English schoolgirls.

Cats like coffee and cake

As well as soup, obviously.

Froth

There wasn't much in the way of food, so I settled for photos.

Cheese and Kitty

My eye was initially drawn by the fondue place, but look what else there is!

Nyan invaders

A very big Muji

With an equally large Loft at the back.

Devil wax

Synaesthesia?

As far as I could figure out, this plays music into your eyes.

Steam me, bunny

Apparently you need this because your eye area is dehyhdrated. The bunny says so.

Beauty help for men

Although the Dandy House ads are much funnier - guy in a tux with enough hair product to catch fire and a tagline that approximates to "because you want to be cooler tomorrow than you were today".