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Author Archives: Thea Stainsby
The Silent Partner has arrived!
After the excitement of Evan’s Chocolate Lindt ball melting in Melbourne video, we put pressure on him to get his portfolio web site updated. With a little help from Steph and the members of Caffeine Concepts, The Silent Partner went live … Continue reading
Always a Time and a Place
It has been seriously hot in Melbourne this week. The hottest in 100 years. The tail end of a massive heat wave which swept west to east across the country, igniting numerous bush fires in Western Australia, recording the world’s … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings 2013 from the Stainsby’s
This must be the 7th year that you have not received a Christmas card from the Stainsby’s. Instead we have vowed to provide a donation in lieu of buying the cards and postage stamps. As I look back on previous … Continue reading
Culture Shock
Everything looked very small, very open and very sparse when we arrived back in Melbourne. It seems we had become used to the seething metropolis that is Tokyo. We braved a peak hour train and swayed with the masses as … Continue reading
A Family Day
Our last day in Tokyo was busy, and wet! In between the sights of the Tsukiji Fish Market and the Tokyo Station we met nephew Mike and his beautiful family – Natsumi, Manami and Josh for lunch. It was a … Continue reading
New Headers – Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan
Every time I have looked at my web page, the random header that is displayed has reminded me of our journey as Nomads in 2012. But it is time to change them, to reflect on our newest journey through Hong … Continue reading
Eating in Japan is such an adventure
If you can’t handle raw fish and chicken gizzards don’t come to Japan. If you are allergic to seafood or mushrooms, don’t come to Japan. If you need to know everything that is in a meal presented to you, don’t … Continue reading
Disaster averted
Woke up this morning feeling grim… Bruce’s camera is broken, and photography is so important to him, that we decided to replace it with the latest alpa 57 model. After researching “buying a Sony camera in Japan” we learned that … Continue reading
Stuff Happens
Travelling is not without its woes. My watch battery died. It is an underwater watch so getting a battery and pressure testing it was too complicated. Easier to buy a cheap Japanese watch to add to my wardrobe. I lost … Continue reading
Learning how to deal with rain
When it rains we tend to go to ground at home. Hide and keep dry. Not so in Korea and Japan. There are umbrellas for your use at all the hotels and in tourist parks. There are plastic bags for … Continue reading