Category Archives: Euro Travel

TF Flashback: Euro Trip Vol. 3 – The Fairytale Island, One of My Longest Ever Journeys, A Star Wars Locale & Explosive War Remnants In Former Yugoslavia!(2010)

Posted on August 19, 2025 by tokyofox

For a Brit living in Japan, it’s a bit strange to go to Europe for a holiday without visiting the UK to see family and friends but that is exactly what happened 15 years ago. The plan was to fly … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Euro Trip Vol. 2 – Big Movie Locations, Beautiful Buildings Aplenty, Wonderful Lakes & Canals, A Bucketlist Football Stadium & A Hint of Shakepeare (2010)

Posted on July 22, 2025 by tokyofox

For a Brit living in Japan it’s a bit strange tgo to Europe for a holiday without visiting the UK to see family and friends but that is exactly what happened 15 years ago. The plan was to fly from … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Euro Trip Vol. 1 – Sneaking Into FIFA, Feeling Under-dressed On A Beautiful Mountain & A Popping In To Europe’s 4th Smallest Country (2010)

Posted on June 14, 2025 by tokyofox

For a Brit living in Japan it’s a bit strange to go to Europe for a holiday without visiting the UK to see family and friends but that is exactly what happened on this trip. The plan was to fly … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Countries I’ve Spent The Least Amount of Time In!

Posted on May 21, 2025 by tokyofox

Without any international travel since the global pandemic, my passport actually expired in August 2023 and I didn’t even realise it till many months later! I finally got round to getting a new one recently but there are no still … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: My One & Only Time In Spain (2010)

Posted on January 8, 2025 by tokyofox

For many British people, going on holiday to Spain is very much a common occurrence but my family just never went there when I was a kid, and I have still only visited the country once. That happened 15 years … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: 4 Nights In Rome On My First Italian Encounter (2009)

Posted on July 26, 2024 by tokyofox

Despite living in England for the first 23 years of my life, my travels to other European countries were actually quite limited and indeed I had only been to France, Portugal and Sweden before moving to Japan. Italy was always … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Waterfalls, Churches, Geysers, Geezers, High Costs, Blue Lagoon & A Memorable New Years Eve In Iceland (2007-2008)

Posted on December 16, 2022 by tokyofox

The idea of travelling to Iceland was never really on my radar but when a friend said he was going there with a mate for the New Year holiday and that I could join them, I didn’t hesitate in saying … Continue reading →

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London Pt III: The Vagina Museum, A Phallic Building, The Famous Cock & A String Of Filming Locales

Posted on February 29, 2020 by tokyofox

With Rina having returned to Japan for work I was left to my own devices for a day and a bit in London. Camden Town was one of the areas I wanted to revisit as I’d come across a couple … Continue reading →

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London Pt II: Capital Sights, The New Years Day Parade, Phone Box Art & Quirky Platforms!

Posted on February 26, 2020 by tokyofox

It was a very early start to 2020 for me as I took a walk down to Canary Wharf Station and some other places before my wife got up. After checking out, we headed to the Tower Bridge area as … Continue reading →

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London Pt I: Balancing Time With My Wife & Hunting Down Filming Locations!

Posted on February 23, 2020 by tokyofox

As we took a taxi direct from Heathrow Airport to my parents house in Leicestershire just before Christmas we didn’t actually see anything of London until we returned there for the New Years period. Due to maintenance work though it … Continue reading →

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