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Monkey business – part 2
Meet Curious George. I named him after one of my friends. But sometimes he can get up to no good.
Monkey business – part 1
Crossing the bridge. The snow always looks better on the other side. So when its cold… Hide in the onsen.
Nagano – Onsen town
I think I owe you a bit of an elaboration on what I was doing in this small town near Nagano. I wasn’t there just for the tea. Although it was very welcome. It wasn’t even the roasted apples (yaki ringo) which were actually not …
Nagano – a temple, a ryokan and a kaiseki dinner
So after Matsumoto it was time to visit Nagano. When travelling near the big new year holiday, you learn that food is hard to come by… Had to queue up for 30 minutes for this bowl of ramen, not because it was especially good (it …