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We ordered breakfast for two and eleven small plates arrived. Then bread. Then eggs. We did not eat again until nine that night.
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Turkey · Asia
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The attendant showed me the grey rolls coming off my arm with visible pride, as though we had achieved something together, which I suppose we had.
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Istanbul, Turkey · Asia
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Ikigai: the reason you get up in the morning, worth searching for at home and abroad.Shinrin-yoku: forest bathing, the practice of walking slowly among trees with no goal at all.Wabi-sabi: finding beauty in what is imperfect, weathered and temporary.Jugaad: a clever improvised fix made from whatever is at hand.Mai pen rai: never mind, it's fine. The most useful phrase in Thailand.Kaizen: small continuous improvements. Pack a little lighter every trip.Nunchi: the art of reading the room without a word being spoken.Guanxi: the network of relationships that makes things possible.Namaste: the light in me honours the light in you.Shalom and salaam come from the same root and both mean peace.Atithi Devo Bhava: the guest is equivalent to God.The lighter the load, the longer the road.Slowly, slowly the egg walks on legs.The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.Fall seven times, stand up eight.Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.A book is a garden carried in the pocket.Trust in God, but tie up your camel.The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has been run by the same family since the year 705, making it the oldest continuously operating hotel on record.
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Yamanashi, Japan · Asia
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The missed ferry. The stranger who handed over a key. The meal that ran until midnight. If something happened to you on the road and you still think about it, send it - a few sentences is plenty, and we do the tidying up.
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