For my last day in Riga, I spent most of the day in the KGB Corner House on a tour.  This was not some regenerated museum, it was a KGB building which was in tact with the prison cells and other rooms left as they were when the building ceased being a KGB building only in the early 90

Well on Facebook I’d truly messed up my counting.  Estonia was 34 and Finland was 35.  It was a really early start for the ferry to Helsinki, Finland and I was proper cream crackered. The check in process was so easy, I ended up hanging around for a while but eventually we board

I was feeling a lot better after a good sleep ready for my day trip to Miyajima today. The sun was out in the morning so all is good. The JR Pass covered the ferry to Miyajima so I just needed to hop on a short train and then the ferry. It was only a ten minute journey but immediately

My last full day in Miyakojima went exactly as I planned, I went to the beach which was really close to me and ate at the restaurant close to the hotel.  I was never going to trek after my antics yesterday! I cannot remember if I told you before, but I went to the drinks vending machi

It is Sunday so I allowed myself a lie in and only got out of the room at 11a.m.  I wanted to not be knackered at 8pm like every other day because The Arsenal were on at 9:30pm here. First thing I did was make a pit stop in Starbucks and then headed to Osaka castle. I did not spend as

I had only been in Osaka a few hours and I was getting good vibes about it. A lot of people say they prefer it to Tokyo, time will tell for me but first I impressions were good. My first day here however was to be spent elsewhere, a day trip to Nara. A lot of people would have seen Na

I forgot to mention yesterday that I’d been exchanging emails with a hiring manager (prospective client) while in Russian airspace and I’m going to be interviewing at 10:30pm from Osaka, so if I get that gig that will be a unique recruitment process I have to say! My last