Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part III
The whole ritual is repeated 3 times. The first time, Soka shows us how to prepare the tea. The second time, she makes tea for each of us. The third…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part II
We sit on the tatami on the floor. As she knows how hard it is for foreigners to sit on their knees, she says we can relax while she explains…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part I
The tea ceremony workshop is practically the first thing we do as we arrive in Tokyo. We landed from Okinawa the night before and we still need to recover, so…
Switzerland 2025 – On the Niederhorn. The second day
Christian left during the night, he did not feel well and he did not want to take any risk. So it is only the 3 of us, Noé, the guide,…
Switzerland 2025 – On the Niederhorn. The water supply.
Each of us brought one or two flasks with 1.5 liter of water, more or less. This is meant to keep us hydrated for the first day, but it’s not…
Switzerland 2025 – On the Niederhorn. The start.
I meet Noé at the and the other 2 participants on the starting point of the adventure, the cable car station at Beatenbucht at 10.00. To arrive there I had…
South Africa 2025 -Cape Town – How I won an extra day holiday
At the beginning I am pissed off. « No, this is not happening! It cannot be true ». The lady at the check-in counter is announcing me the flight is overbooked and…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The dinner
I have been knowing the gentleman for quite a while, now. 12 years. When I informed him I would be in Tokyo for one week, he promised to find some…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The sushi master
He describes himself as a sushi artist, while my host, being a high performance athlete, prefers to call him a sushi athlete. « We have been knowing each other for…
Japan 2025 – Hiroshima – The Water
Water connects all things, life to death, darkness to light. In Hiroshima, the water is a constant presence. The city is crossed by rivers. Those same rivers where people poured…