Instead of focusing on flashy new rides, Asakusa Hanayashiki leverages its history as a strength with attractions that consciously highlight their retro character. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/31/travel/asakusa-hanayashiki-theme-park/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel
These are the four letters you never want to see on your boarding pass.
The letters “SSSS” stand for Secondary Security Screening Selection and are generally used for international flights into the US.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360601037/these-are-four-letters-you-never-want-see-your-boarding-pass #globalmuseum #travel #USA
Happy Holidays from San Diego, CA. Here is a beautiful sunrise scene at the harbor.
Fine art prints & home decor here: https://joegiacaloneart.pixels.com/featured/sailboats-dreaming-at-sunrise-san-diego-joseph-s-giacalone.html
#sandiego #decor #wallart #fineartphotography #travel #gifts
Happy Holidays from San Diego, CA. Here is a beautiful sunrise scene at the harbor.
Fine art prints & home decor here: https://joegiacaloneart.pixels.com/featured/sailboats-dreaming-at-sunrise-san-diego-joseph-s-giacalone.html
#sandiego #decor #wallart #fineartphotography #travel #gifts
Which are your favourite libraries in Europe that can be visited?
I have already been to the ones in Oslo, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Malmö, Bodø, Tromsø, Uppsala uni, Stockholm (but plan to visit it again once it is renovated), Zürich (the Legal Library), Stuttgart, Admont, St Florian, Prague (Strahov and Klementinum), Vienna (Austrian National Library), and many less stunning but still nice ones 🥰
In Brussels and Florence they wouldn't let me in without a membership, and I couldn't become a member as a non-resident 🥺
St Galen, Melk, Dublin Trinity College are on my to do list already.
Which are your favourite libraries in Europe that can be visited?
I have already been to the ones in Oslo, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Malmö, Bodø, Tromsø, Uppsala uni, Stockholm (but plan to visit it again once it is renovated), Zürich (the Legal Library), Stuttgart, Admont, St Florian, Prague (Strahov and Klementinum), Vienna (Austrian National Library), and many less stunning but still nice ones 🥰
In Brussels and Florence they wouldn't let me in without a membership, and I couldn't become a member as a non-resident 🥺
St Galen, Melk, Dublin Trinity College are on my to do list already.
PROBLEM: How do you know if there's an extended power failure when you're out of town? Will your meat in the freezer spoil and refreeze before you return?
We're flying to Las Vegas to spend Christmas with our son. We'll be gone for a few days. The weather report at home is for high winds and power outages.
SOLUTION: I put a single ice cube in a glass in the freezer. When we return, if the ice cube is still shaped like an ice cube, any power failures were of short duration and without harmful consequence.
PROBLEM: How do you know if there's an extended power failure when you're out of town? Will your meat in the freezer spoil and refreeze before you return?
We're flying to Las Vegas to spend Christmas with our son. We'll be gone for a few days. The weather report at home is for high winds and power outages.
SOLUTION: I put a single ice cube in a glass in the freezer. When we return, if the ice cube is still shaped like an ice cube, any power failures were of short duration and without harmful consequence.
Thinking about power adapters when travelling... After leaving the UK by train this year I had no use for my chunky UK-AU adapters so I posted them home from Amsterdam with a bunch of brochures etc I wouldn't need until back at my desk.
I'm a great fan of using postal services to lighten luggage; some years ago on arriving in Japan from Korea by ferry I posted 2kg of unnecessary luggage home.
It finally stopped raining long enough to get outside.
And we wanted VAST views, so off to Morecambe we went! With the tide racing out and the clouds moving in, it made for a fantastic light show.
More images from this outing are ready and waiting for your eyeballs, just here -> https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2025/12/21/morecambe-lancashire-winter 👍
If I don't see you until 2026, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎉
#landscape #nature #travel #architecture #morecambe #lancashire #photo #photography #photographie #uk #britain
1917 Santa Landing a Bi-Plane Postcard
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#Christmas #HolidayPostcard #WinterScene #Aviation #EarlyAviation #Avgeek #AircraftIllustration #VintagePostcard #PostcardArt #PaperEphemera #MerryChristmas #travel #oldpostcards #VintagePostcards #Santa
The Japanese government plans to lower passport application fees by up to ¥7,000, aiming to implement the reductions in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/japan-passport-fees-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #travel #foreignministry
1917 Santa Landing a Bi-Plane Postcard
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#Christmas #HolidayPostcard #WinterScene #Aviation #EarlyAviation #Avgeek #AircraftIllustration #VintagePostcard #PostcardArt #PaperEphemera #MerryChristmas #travel #oldpostcards #VintagePostcards #Santa
Thinking about power adapters when travelling... After leaving the UK by train this year I had no use for my chunky UK-AU adapters so I posted them home from Amsterdam with a bunch of brochures etc I wouldn't need until back at my desk.
I'm a great fan of using postal services to lighten luggage; some years ago on arriving in Japan from Korea by ferry I posted 2kg of unnecessary luggage home.
In Berlin this year I stayed at a *new* hotel which only had two spare power points per room. And these were rooms designed for two guests! Two people could easily have six devices to charge between them. Cue me unplugging the TV etc to charge stuff. #travel https://mastodon.social/@ASegar/115759331634621283
It finally stopped raining long enough to get outside.
And we wanted VAST views, so off to Morecambe we went! With the tide racing out and the clouds moving in, it made for a fantastic light show.
More images from this outing are ready and waiting for your eyeballs, just here -> https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2025/12/21/morecambe-lancashire-winter 👍
If I don't see you until 2026, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎉
#landscape #nature #travel #architecture #morecambe #lancashire #photo #photography #photographie #uk #britain
From that time we found snow 😊 videos.trom.tf/w/aSny2DpTqgRxu…
In Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa National Park.
#motorhome #travel #Europe #Spain #vanlife #RV #nationalparks #mountains #nature #hiking #picosdeeuropa