Blog Archive 2014 • Cat Morley

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2014

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Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams
It was the first day of the Edinburgh Trams today and Tom was excited for us to test them out. They're supposed to run every 10 minutes but we ended up waiting around half an hour for our first on...
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Stirling

Stirling
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Salt Cafe

Salt Cafe
We met up with Laura and Kenny for dinner tonight, to catch up after our Japan trip and give them some presents. We went to Salt Cafe, which had opened a couple of days earlier. I had a beetroot s...
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Arty Party

Arty Party
It was the Google City Expert Arty Party at the National Portrait Gallery tonight, so Tom and I headed along after work, excited to see what arty activities they had in store. We were handed cockta...
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Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower
We were up early this morning to visit Tsukiji fish market which Laura had told us was her favourite memory from when she visited Tokyo a few years ago. There's a famous action held every morning w...
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Electric City

Electric City
We decided to spend this morning shopping as our hotel is near Akihabara which is known as Tokyo's Electric City because of all the electronic shops and arcades in the area. We made our way to Yod...
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Cat & Bunny Cafes

Cat & Bunny Cafes
The day I had been looking forward to for so long, when I’d get to go to my first cat cafe, finally arrived this morning as we made our way to the Curl Up Cafe which I’d read about in La Carmina’s ...
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Harajuku

Harajuku
We met up with Jenny and her family this morning to go shopping on Takeshita Street. Harajuku is a place that I've dreamed of visiting ever since I started reading FRUiTS Magazine in University an...
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Tokyo

Tokyo
After waking up in Fukuoka, we decided to head out for breakfast at Canal City, a crazy looking mall Tom had spotted on Pinterest. There wasn't a lot open when we arrived but this adorable robot w...
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Hiroshima

Hiroshima
We've been making a habit of having early starts and this morning was no exception as we caught the Shinkansen from Kyoto towards Hiroshima. Each of the train stations in Japan have kiosks which s...
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Nara & Kyoto

Nara & Kyoto
Though we were sleeping in separate capsules, Tom and I managed to wake up at exactly the same time this morning and headed out to catch the Shinkansen to Nara. We treated ourselves to matcha latte...
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Osaka

Osaka
It was another early start for us this morning, checking out of our ryokan at 6am and catching the Shinkansen to Tokyo. We had to make some really quick changes but luckily the trains are always on...
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Nagano

Nagano
After waking up really early and stocking up on rice balls and pickles at the hotel breakfast, we jumped on a train to Nagano. Nagano is high up in the mountains and snowy peaks began to rise over...
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Jenny & Rin's Wedding

Jenny & Rin's Wedding
It was Jenny & Rin's wedding day today, so we met up with them and the wedding party for breakfast at Cafe Josephine. The cafe was French which made it a little easier to read the menu and our...
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Hakone

Hakone
After a very long night sleep, we woke up super early at the Pension House, tucked in to the free breakfast and took a trek down the twisty mountain roads to catch the mountain railway. Our first ...
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Japan

Japan
After a super long flight, three and a half movies and a few hours of sleep, we were excited to arrive at Narita Airport. We picked up a WIFI dongle for our phones, tested out the awesome vending ...
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