Japan and a Windy trip around the British Isles.

[love_the_life]

Lovely rhodies. The colours are gorgeous. What was the wisteria ice cream like? Any discernible taste? though it looks very attractive.

 

[drron]

Not a real discernable taste with the ice cream but quite nice and mrsdrron loves purple.

Yes the Japanese hotels have the shower/bath combo which actually suits us as we are bath people-can never really get used to "tub".
Sometimes though the bath is a little small.
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[drron]

Now for floating gardens.
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[love_the_life]

Not a real discernable taste with the ice cream but quite nice and mrsdrron loves purple.

Yes the Japanese hotels have the shower/bath combo which actually suits us as we are bath people-can never really get used to "tub".
Sometimes though the bath is a little small.
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I like the Japanese bathrooms with the shower/bath as one wet area. Makes a lot of sense.

 

[drron]

Various flowers.
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[drron]

Roses.
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[drron]

Stuff in their shop.
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They were even making their own bikkies filled with sweet red bean paste.
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[drron]

Back to some more wisterias.
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Despite that trunk looking massive they claim this specimen is only 150 years old.

 

[drron]

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Golden wisteria.
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[OATEK]

Not a real discernable taste with the ice cream but quite nice and mrsdrron loves purple.

Yes the Japanese hotels have the shower/bath combo which actually suits us as we are bath people-can never really get used to "tub".
Sometimes though the bath is a little small.
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My guess is you put this one in amongst all the flowers to see if we were really watching! Some things can't be unseen!

 

[craven morehead]

Roses.
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Some lovely colours there amongst the roses @drron

 

[craven morehead]

Stuff in their shop.
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They were even making their own bikkies filled with sweet red bean paste.
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I find the red bean paste to be too sweet, but I do have an inclination to the savoury side of things.

 

[drron]

Even more wisteria.
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Wisteria plus peonies.
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[love_the_life]

I find the red bean paste to be too sweet, but I do have an inclination to the savoury side of things.

I quite like mochi with red bean paste.

 

[drron]

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[drron]

Random shots.
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[love_the_life]

They are lovely gardens. Must make an effort to go in spring. You are inspiring me.

 

[drron]

Even a ground orchid.Plus a spot for tortoises to sun themselves.
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Mrsdrron liked the fabrics.
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And you can have anything wisteria.
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[drron]

Likely to be a 2 week pause.The internet on board is hopeless.I can't even load Flickr so no pics.I will keep trying and may get lucky.
But at least we won on the first day of trivia.