Musings from a financial translator in Tokyo (and now London)
Posted in Travel on Sep 30th, 2009
We woke up on Saturday, and a quick walk around Anacapri made it clear that a small festival was underway that weekend. These rows and rows of color candies were being sold at three or four places around the village: We headed up to the highest point on Capri – Mount Solaro - via rope way. [...]
Posted in Sports on Sep 13th, 2009
OK, I interrupt our Capri trip notes to discuss Serena Williams being bounced from the US Open after being docked a penalty point on match point in her semi-final match vs Kim Clijsters. First – taking nothing away from Kim’s play – I think she has put on a little weight, but this has probably [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2009
By the time we got back from beach and relaxed back at the hotel it was evening. We decided to head out for a short walk before dinner. We ended up finding by accident a footpath that went all the way down the southern coast of the island, with beautiful views of the faraglioni – [...]
We woke up early and decided that for our first full day in Capri we’d hit what is said to be the highlight of the island: The Blue Grotto, or the Blue Cave. We had heard that depending on the wind and waves the Blue Grotto was sometimes closed, so we figured we’d give ourselves [...]
For our first-year wedding anniversary we went to Capri. Capri is just off the coast of Italy – about 45 minutes or so from Naples by ferry. Naples is a 3-hour plane ride from London. I accidentally booked our trip from Gatwick airport, which is considerably farther from our house compared to Luton or Heathrow. [...]
Posted in Sports on Sep 5th, 2009
Had my fantasy football draft last night (note: by football, I mean real football, as in American football. I am also in a UK football (a.k.a. soccer) fantasy league, which I happen to be winning – granted, it’s early). I’ve been playing with the same group of guys four four-five years now, but this was [...]