January 12th 2025 年1月12日 She must have heard me muttering over my shopping list...... "tomatoes, milk, apples....oh yes, tissues...."...

Yes. It's true. On a cold January morning in 2022 I set up this blog - The View from the Towers..... .and started writing..... The Towers...

December 2024 年12月 There is something about bad taste that makes me stop and wonder....("...how could you possibly.....?"). Sometimes you...

December 1st 2024年12月1日 I have been wondering about this sign ever since last year, when I literally walked over it in the town of Miyako...

November 2024 年11月 Hot off the press from the exciting town of Langen....... I'm walking through the town and this lorry stops right in...

November 8th 2024年11月8日 High up on one of my towers is a weather vane - a Kazamidori かざみどり - what a lovely word !......Once I saw a...

November 2024 11月 ハロウィン Yes, it's that time of year again - Hallowe'en - All Saints Eve, the evening before November 1st, when in the...

October 2024 年10月 It's disgraceful. Nigel hasn't posted a picture of me for at least 3 or four posts. I am important. For I am a cat, and...

October 2024年10月 Many years ago we were on a family holiday in Yorkshire, that beautifully hilly county in the UK. We had decided to go...

End of August 2024 年8月末 Poor old violin. You've seen a lot haven't you? You were very likely knocking around in some orchestra when...

August 8月 We start this week with a dragonfly. Well, actually, the simple logo on a ball point pen. It was my prize for taking part in a...

( n.b. Only countries with a historical significance to Japan have their own kanji character ) 2024年8月15日 "Expat blog for hiking, music;...

2024年8月7日 The conversation went something like this: Me: "....so when you were in Wiesbaden, did you visit the hot springs?....."...

Late July - ７月 So what do you do when the midday temperature is hitting 35°c and going out the front door is like going into a huge...

2024年7月19日 Now I don't mind admitting it: I'm pretty hopeless at Kanji - those Chinese characters used in Japanese. But there is one...

2024年7月14日 I walked over the footbridge near Langen station the other day, and saw this: the latest stretch of the Darmstadt - Frankfurt...

2024年7月6日 Quick! Get out of the house before the game ends. Because when it does, the streets of Langen will be filled with the sounds of...

2024年6月29日 It must be the time of year. My hiking colleagues have scattered to the four corners of the world...the furthest away would...

2024年6月23日 Hey, just a minute............. I thought I ordered sandpaper........not sand.....😮 ちょっと待って、サンドペーパーを注文したと思ったんだけど…砂じゃなかった But...

2024年6月14日 There used to be a family in-joke when I was a child. It was when we were were looking at holiday photos. It was just one...