I was so excited to go wine tasting in Mendoza, but with over 1,000 wineries in the region to choose from, it was quite hard to whittle them down to the top couple. Unlike some other wine regions, you have to have reservations to be allowed in. Wine lunches seem…
At the top of my wish list for Argentina was going to Patagonia. I originally wanted the quintessential Patagonia – glaciers, snow capped mountains – so I was planning to go to El Calafate in the south. However, flight logistics had us change our plans to go to Bariloche in…
Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion) is a Zen Buddhist temple that was originally built in 1397 and reconstructed in 1955. It is such a beautiful structure set in such a picturesque setting. It was overcast when we visited, but still quite stunning. The weather didn’t keep the crowds away so it…
One of the most iconic pictures I see of people’s travels to Kyoto are of the Torii gates in Kyoto. The Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine is considered Kyoto’s most important shrine. It was founded in 711, but the main shrine wasn’t built until 1499. At the rear of the shrine are…