Travel Theme: Routine

My January is half melancholy, half relief. I slip back into well-worn patterns, and find comfort in the familiar. There is beauty there, and surprises too. Ailsa’s Travel Theme, Routine, made me think of these — glimpses of other people’s ordinary moments. 1. Early commuters streaming to work in São Paulo. An hour earlier, I ambled through the sleeping city to São … Continue reading →

A Morning in Tokyo: the Tuna Auction at the Tsukiji Market

My stay in Tokyo was brief but eventful. The brightest memory of that visit, without reservations, was one early morning at the Tsukiji Market, the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. The idea to go there came up by chance, as many brilliant ideas do, during a late, alcohol-soaked dinner. A Japanese … Continue reading →