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My name is Lilly & I'm a part time, mostly solo, vegetarian traveller. I love history, art, and architecture and travel whenever I can to see amazing places across the globe - the stars of our world. Learn more about me here. I hope you enjoy my blog and it helps you plan your own adventure!

Join me as I follow the stars. ★★★

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A Stop in Narai-juku, a Charming Japanese Town on the Nakasendo Trail

Narai-juku is one of the most popular towns to visit on Japan’s Nakasendo trail. With a glimpse of its streets lined with old wood facades, it’s very easy to see why. For my second trip to Japan, I opted to make Narai-juku a stop and it was a very lovely place that definitely lived up to the hype. Read the full article →

A Stroll Through Tsumago, a Lovely Town on the Nakasendo Trail

Tsumago is one of the many towns located on Japan’s historic Nakasendo trail, and it looked so lovely that I opted to visit it alongside Narai-juku. It was such a nice stop and should definitely be on your list of places to visit in Japan. Read the full article →

My Botched Trip to Hakone: 10 Lessons You Can Learn

Hakone’s a popular day trip from Tokyo to see the iconic Mt Fuji. I’m a fairly seasoned traveller so taking a day trip, with a Romancecar ticket in advance, seemed quite easy. But once I missed my train, things started to go downhill. There was nothing wrong with Hakone itself – just me being royally ignorant and unprepared. Read the full article →

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A Quick Trip to Antwerp, a Beautiful Belgian City

I'd been wanting to visit Antwerp for years and got the chance when I visited the Netherlands. Timing gave me only one day to enjoy this beautiful city, which I quickly learned would not nearly be enough to explore everything it had to offer. So in this post I'll cover the things I did do (all of which are amazing) and the things I didn't quite get to - with lots of reasons to visit in between. Read the full article →

A Visit to Assisi, the Home of Saint Francis

I first visited Assisi when I was 16 and absolutely fell in love with it. Even though rain was pouring down hard, I found the town so charming and loved the sweeping views it had over the Umbrian countryside. So when I returned to Italy as an adult, Assisi made my list of places to return. Not only did I get perfect weather, I had a lot more time to explore and appreciate its extensive history. Read the full article →

A Lifelong Local's Washington, DC Travel Guide

Even though I love travelling, I've lived in the Washington, DC area my entire life. It's changed so much over the past few years but one thing remains the same: there's a tonne to see and do in the nation's capital. To help you plan your trip, here's all the advice I have on visiting Washington, DC. Read the full article →

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I have a large variety of prints available on my print shop, managed by Printful. All prints are great quality with 10.3 mil paper sourced from Japan.

If you see a photo you like and it's not available on my shop, feel free to reach out and I'll see about putting the print on my store.