I haven't had a chance to make it out to the Tesselaar tulip festival this year (though there's one weekend left and I'm hopeful!) but I got a chance to go last year and loved it. Tulips are my favourite flowers. I lived in Japan for a year and loved the cherry and plum blossoms … Continue reading Frolicking in fields of flowers, aka: Tesselaar Tulip Festival
I was lucky enough to get to head down to Tasmania recently (specifically to Hobart) for a conference in early July this year. I'm currently in the final stages of a PhD looking at transmission of bacterial pathogens using genome sequencing, so that was what the conference was vaguely based around, or at least parts … Continue reading Hunting for the Aurora Australis (and failing but having a blast anyway!)
I've been pretty slack recently with blog posts. Problem is, I had an amazing time in Europe in late January-February and then have been playing catch-up for the time I missed from my PhD. The trip was amazing and absolutely worth it though, so no complaints! And now I am finally getting around to updating this … Continue reading Budapest by night
Nabana no sato flower park in Mie prefecture (Japan) has to be one of the most brilliantly coloured places I've ever been. During the day (in the right seasons) park is filled with thousands of gorgeously coloured flowers, including fields upon fields of tulips. At night, over Winter (usually slightly longer than Winter; November til … Continue reading Nabana no Sato winter illumination (or: the most fairy lights you’ll ever see!)
Wakakusa Yamayaki is by far one of the most impressive things I've seen in Japan. The big Buddha (Daibutsu) in Todaiji (the largest wooden building in the world, and is only a fraction of the size of the original!) , and Kinkakuji (a pavilion covered in gold leaf) are definitely amazing to see, but Wakakusa Yamayaki is … Continue reading Wakakusa Yamayaki
Claire, here and there 