Skiing in Hakuba

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We packed our bags and headed across to Tokyo station to catch our Shinkansen – bullet train - across to Nagoya.  We left plenty of time but it all worked…

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Helsinki

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While we were in Europe it was a good chance to go up to Finland to meet some of my finance colleagues.  So I flew up from London to have…

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Porto Wine

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The main reason for coming to Porto was to meet with the Portuguese wine contacts. We were invited to go for a visit up the Duoro Valley. João picked us…

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Porto

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Once again we returned to Porto. This time we had a small studio apartment a 5 minute walk from the centre of town. Small shops and street side vendors remain…

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