http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/ a round the world adventure possibly involving a pussycat, an owl and a pea-green boat en-us 2005-07-08T13:01:33+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/013676.shtml Chris et al at BnA have super-kindly agreed to have a link on the BootsnAll blogs page pointing to the new home of 'Runcible Spoon'. The link to the new, post-trip blog (about life as a travel addict trapped in... Life after RTW Tiffany 2005-07-08T13:01:33+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/013460.shtml For anyone who stumbles across this blog and wonders what the hell happpened next, the answer is here, at Runcible Spoon. Please come on over, say hello, talk travel or any old whatnot - I look forward to seeing you... Life after RTW Tiffany 2005-06-28T12:03:24+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/013459.shtml Oh my goodness! So much has happened, it's hard to know where to begin. When I attempted to log-in to write this entry, I realised I was all rusty about what my username and password were - now when THAT... Life after RTW Tiffany 2005-06-28T11:59:37+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011809.shtml Just by way of apology, I wanted to say that I have been unable to post for the past little while due to a server crisis that befell the fabbo crew at BootsnAll. It seems to have been fixed now:... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-22T20:14:48+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011810.shtml There’s acres of fake tan and miles of russet-blonde locks on the young women here in Osaka. It’s Japan’s second biggest city, and so much more besides. Compared to mild, tender-to-the-bite Kyoto (tailor-made to please tourists), Osaka seems insanely busy... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-21T20:19:19+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011806.shtml Japan Tiffany 2005-05-20T19:55:30+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011804.shtml We had a date at 12.00pm sharp today, and we couldn't be late. Our date was for lunch at a restaurant that's nameless to us as we can't read Japanese. It's tucked away down the thin alleyway of Nishiki Market,... Food - the weird, the wonderful, the just plain tasty Tiffany 2005-05-19T19:47:02+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011802.shtml I can't explain it - I won't even try. Plastic food is a BIG concept here, but this spacecraft giving birth to baked beans is just in a realm of its own.... Absurd photo du jour Tiffany 2005-05-18T21:38:39+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011799.shtml Somehow, in all the stereotyped images of Japan that lodged in my head over 26 years, thoughts about homelessness were nowhere to be seen. Why does no one mention Japan's homeless - whose numbers do not seem inconsiderable - when... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-18T19:29:08+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011798.shtml Tired day, rising earlyish to open the sliding shutters and enjoy the maple-syrup coloured slanting sunshine as it hits the futon. We leave today for Kyoto. The ryokan owner materialises as we're going, and we have a very J-exchange wherein... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-17T19:22:08+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011681.shtml Rise to the gorgeous, slow light entering the ryokan through paper screens. Hurry out in case etiquette demands that our hosts be given the opportunity to clean without us in their way. Skipper over to Mister Donuts, where we order... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-16T22:27:28+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011663.shtml Japan Tiffany 2005-05-16T11:25:50+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011662.shtml Our ryokan is beautiful. The interior downstairs is cool and just-slightly dim. Incense is vague in the air like a half-remembered conversation, and the atmosphere is calm and precise. We left last night's business hotel and brought our bags over... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-16T11:08:09+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011648.shtml Miffy behind bars in Fukuoka (incarcerated with that other well-known offender, Pooh)... Absurd photo du jour Tiffany 2005-05-16T03:21:21+10:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/fuzzyboots/archives/011647.shtml Soon before landing, as the body of the plane started to swoop low in earnest, l saw the edge of the island like a bitten biscuit. Just jutting into the black space of night, all filled with pinpricks of light.... Japan Tiffany 2005-05-15T23:59:00+10:00