Posts tagged thebroekiesintokyo
Crazy campfire confessions that will make you laugh

I am not sure exactly what motivated me to add camping to my bucket list…but I can tell you now, now that I have done it. The best reasons to go camping – to be cold and damp, to not sit down once in 72 hours and to come home with pains in places that I never needed to know existed – simply boils down to 3 crazy truths.

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Eating salad with a spoon – and why our third culture children never bat an eye

When you ask Lulu, Friso or what they love the most about their new home, and if you listen carefully, you will hear something unexpected in their words. They speak unmistakably about culture and the transformations they are experiencing. Living aboard has made them quite reflective about their own culture and who they really are.

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Karuizawa - respite to your busy city life and a nature-lovers delight

Over the summer holiday, I looked back at the past fifteen months, living in Japan. I took stock of where I was, what I had done, saw, experienced. And then I made a plan and a promise of what I wanted to do with the next years. I realised that the most important thing for me, personally, was to see as much of Asia as I can. Let the exploration begin!

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