Nice Guys Finnish Last
I took the train from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. It was nice to be back in a country where most people speak English. In five weeks of travelling around China, Mongolia and Russia and visiting their major cities and tourist …
Month: September 2009
Australian Tea Bowl Master
Kansai Scene recently published my interview with an Australian potter who is one of the few foreigners to have his work recognised by a Japanese tea master. http://www.kansaiscene.com/2009_08/html/culture.shtml
St. Petersburg
We took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the city of the Russian czars. St. Petersburg has lots of grand buildings and canals. The Winter Palace is home to the Hermitage, one of the world’s biggest and grandest …