Braving the rain - Strolling through Kyoto's Gion district

Some of you might recognise the pictures from... oh dear, three years ago!? Now there is an article to go with. Written for Taiken Japan: http://taiken.co/single/braving-the-rain-strolling-through-kyotos-gion-district. Enjoy!

Best of Tokyo by Night - 8 Sites with Breathtaking Atmosphere

Another article for Taiken Japan, you can find it here: http://taiken.co/single/best-of-tokyo-at-night-8-sights-with-breathtaking-atmosphere
Enjoy!

A Sunday morning at the Toshimaen amusement park flea market

http://www.bijoucaillou.com/a-sunday-morning-at-the-toshimaen-amusement-park-flea-market/

Signs You're in Chicago

Since I didn't take many pictures in Chicago I bought this wonderful book at the Art Institute Museum Shop as a souvenir. I've always had a thing for neon lights, and this book serendipitously found its way into my collection. Here are a few examples of the gems you might come across in the streets of Chicago.

And my personal favourite...

More L

I think that's it for The L. This was the only rainy day in nine days by the way. So lucky! And then my iPad suddenly decided that it preferred the square format. Just when I wanted to show how tall the buildings and how narrow the streets are. Oh well...

Riding the L on the Pink and Blue lines

Getting out of the city centre is always interesting. Not that the city centre isn't, of course. It's just a different feeling altogether.

The L - sneak peek

I loved riding The L in Chicago. I loved seeing the rusty railway tracks threading their way between the skyscrapers. It gives the city that little twist and authenticity. I'll post more photos of the elevated metro later on, this is just a preview!

The Maxwell Street Market

The good thing with jet lag is it gets you out there at sunrise and you almost have the city for yourself. I like that. And I like early-weekend-morning-empty-metro-taking-you-to-the-suburbs. 

You won't find anything fancy at the Maxwell Street Market but you'll get a certain sense of oh OK this is where "real" people live and buy their socks, batteries, mattresses, shampoo, Bears merchandise etc..

Sellers and buyers are for a large part latin american and black, which means…. great street food! I HAD to have a quesadilla or two for lunch, followed by a raspberry churro. That was around 9.30am
:-))

On my way back I found an odd couple of shrines somewhere in the back alleys. Some kind of black magic? I don't know. Or maybe just a tribute to the god of pineapples :-)) (the book says "Religion for Dummies").

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